如今这世道，我看写诗的

I think it better than in times like these

    还是闭嘴为好。说实在的，

    A poet's mouth be silent, for in truth

        我们哪有匡正政治的天份。

        We have no gift to set a stateman right;

要取悦那年少无聊的姑娘，

He has had enough of meddling who can please

    或安慰冬夜里的老人，——

    A young girl in the indolence of her youth,

         这已经足够我们操劳。

        Or an old man upon a winter's night.