这等年头，窃以为诗人

I think it better that in times like these

无须饶舌。说实话，

    A poet's mouth be silent, for in truth

吾等岂有匡正社稷之才。

        We have no gift to set a statsman right;

其徒有讨妙龄懒少女的欢心，

He has had enough of meddling who can please

或在冬夜里为老汉解闷。

    A young girl in the indolence of her youth,

忙得不亦乐乎。

        Or an old man upon a winter's night.