Wisdom 2: 6 - 9
Come, then,
let us enjoy present pleasures
and take advantage of created
things with the ardor of youth!
Let us take our fill of costly wine
and perfumes and not allow the flower
of spring to escape us!
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds
before they wither,
let no meadow be safe. . .
Let us leave the signs of our pleasure
everywhere, because this is our role,
this our heritage!
IECOT Translation, 2019
editor Luca Mazzinghi : transl.
Michael Tait. [the passage in
Ecclesiastes 9: 7 - 9 is very close
here in vocabulary ]
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