No Time for Rhyme 沒有韻律

Poetry sucks.

詩歌很爛。

I don't know anyone who likes it.

我不知道誰會喜歡詩歌。

Some of it is okay, I guess.

我認爲，有些詩歌還是不錯的。

Yes, the poems that rhyme and are easy to remember.

是的，那些有韻律的詩歌很容易記。

Like "One, two, buckle my shoe."

比如"一，二，扣上鞋。"

But people still write poems.

但人們仍然在寫詩。

No one makes any money at it.

沒人會用它賺錢。

Shakespeare was a poet.

莎士比亞就是個詩人。

Did he get rich from his poetry?

他因爲他的詩歌變富有了嗎？

Probably not.

很顯然沒有。

Poems are a little bit like songs.

詩歌有點像歌曲。

Yes, but songs have music. Without music, songs would suck, too.

是的，但是歌曲有音樂。沒有音樂，歌曲也會變得無味。

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