这个时代的智者

It was a time when wise men

并未沉默，却窒息于

Were not silent, but stifled

巨大的噪声。他们在

By vast noise. They took refuge

无人去读的书里逃难。

In books that were not read.

两位谋士让大众的耳朵

Two counsellors had the ear

竖起：一个催叫“快买”

Of the public. One cried 'Buy'

日夜不停，另一个更是

Day and Night, and the other,

巧舌如簧，“卖掉你的安逸”。

More plausibly, 'Sell your repose'.