1. Seize delight, for your life is slipping away.

    Make the most of this world, for no one lives forever.

  2. Whenever you come upon a pleasure, rise and embrace it;

    let no censor keep you from your heart’s desire.

  3. Join the morning draught to the evening cup, for

    this worldly life of yours is but one day repeating itself.

  4. They promised you wine to drink in the gardens of Paradise,

    yet you will surely regret it when the appointed hour arrives.

  5. How many a nation has perished, how many a dwelling lies deserted;

    how many mosques have fallen to ruin while a temple was restored.

  6. And how many a prophet came bearing a sacred law

    in ancient times—and how many observed its prayers and worshiped.

Sol 5.6