The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age is upon us.
Festimat enim decurrere velox
Flosculus angustæ miseræque brevissima vitæ
Portio; dum bibimus dum serta unguenta puellas
Poscimus obrepit non intellecta senectus.
Flosculus angustæ miseræque brevissima vitæ
Portio; dum bibimus dum serta unguenta puellas
Poscimus obrepit non intellecta senectus.
Original text (Latin)