Sol 5.6

  1. I came to loathe youth and forsook the fair,

    and, in acknowledgment, yielded to Time.

  2. I hurried onward, yielding to the lea—

    —d after wild resistance and straining at the reins.

  3. Thus is a young man: the vicissitudes of Ti—

    —me bring him one condition after another.

  4. I saw life and its pleasures

    hung upon nights that are passing away.

  5. And I am steadfast in whatever befalls me,

    swift to meet every rightful claim that comes upon me.

  6. No one I have shel—

    —tered is seen afraid, nor does anyone who calls on me strive in vain.

  7. [My bounty?] is what my panegyrist praises in me,

    and for it whoever elegizes me will weep over me.

  8. I cherish keeping faith whenever I prom—

    —ise, and that my pledge never be faulted for delay.

  9. Thus my parents trained me,

    and so I trained myself in what they taught me.

Sol 5.6