Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Carpe Diem

Do not  ask (it's forbidden to know)
what end the universe will grant to me or you,
Do not  play with Babylonia fortune-telling either.
It is better to endure whatever will be.
Whether the creator has allotted to you many more winters or this final one,
which even now wears out the Tyrrhenian sea on the rocks placed opposite
 be wise, strain the wine, and scale back your long hopes to a short period.
While we speak, envious time will have {already} fled
Seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the future.

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