如今这年头，我以为

I think it better that in times like these

诗人的嘴自当紧闭，

    A poet's mouth be silent, for in truth

说实话，我辈哪有匡扶政治的才学。

        We have no gift to set a statsman right;

何况他（诗人）已够累：

He has had enough of meddling who can please

要和百无聊赖的少女打趣，

    A young girl in the indolence of her youth,

要帮老头子消磨冬夜。

        Or an old man upon a winter's night.