| Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi |
Leuconoe, don't ask — it's dangerous to know — |
| finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios |
what end the gods will give me or you. Don't play with Babylonian |
| temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati. |
fortune-telling either. Better just deal with whatever comes your way. |
| seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam, |
Whether you'll see several more winters or whether the last one |
| quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare |
Jupiter gives you is the one even now pelting the rocks on the shore with the waves |
| Tyrrhenum: sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi |
of the Tyrrhenian sea — be smart, drink your wine. Scale back your long hopes |
| spem longam reseces. dum loquimur, fugerit invida |
to a short period. Even as we speak, envious time |
| aetas: carpe diem quam minimum credula postero. |
is running away from us. Seize the day, trusting little in the future. |
