2. HARD TIMES
The times are hard,
Man is bad
The rhymes are sad,
Man is bad.
The times are tough,
Man is rough.
The Chinese say:
Men go bad
Only once they get rich;
While women go bad
Only once they get poor.
And as if we've come to the end
Of the road;
Hard times succeed hard times
Bad men succeed bad men
And sad rhymes succeed sad rhymes.
But in the midst of this seeming endless
Successions of hard times
Sad rhymes
And bad men
I hear the voice of history
Saying:
Men tough and rough
Times hard and bad
Rhymes sad and bad
Never ever outlive the eternity of time!
Orifah Samson Obadun
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem