有些时候 智者

It was a time when wise men

不再沉默 但窒息于

Were not silent, but stifled

轰鸣的噪音 他们

By vast noise. They took refuge

在陌生的书籍里避难

In books that were not read.

两个智囊 都有

Two counsellors had the ear

大众的耳朵 一个日夜高喊

Of the public. One cried 'Buy'

“买啊” 另一个

Day and Night, and the other,

则真诚地说 “把安逸卖了吧”

More plausibly, 'Sell your repose'.