贺拉斯诗一首
Original usage from Odes 1.11, in Latin and English:
Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi
Don't ask (it's forbidden to know) what end
finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios
the gods have to me or you, Leuconoe. Don't play with Babylonian
temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati.
fortune-telling either. How much better it is to endure whatever will be!
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,
Whether Jupiter has allotted to sink you many more winters or this final one
quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare:
which even now wears out the Tyrrhenian sea on the rocks placed opposite
Tyrrhenum sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi
be wise, be truthful, strain the wine, and scale back your long hopes
spem longam reseces. dum loquimur, fugerit invida
to a short period. While we speak, envious time will have {already} fled:
aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.
seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the next (day)[/future].[2]
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1.11
莫问天命，问之不祥。
莫求占卜，宜顺神意。
哪怕几度冬寒，海枯石烂风霜。
求真求智慧，戒酒戒虚妄。
谈笑之间，贪恋这光阴虚度。
惜取今朝，明日渺渺不可望。
Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi
Don't ask (it's forbidden to know) what end
finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec Babylonios
the gods have to me or you, Leuconoe. Don't play with Babylonian
temptaris numeros. ut melius, quidquid erit, pati.
fortune-telling either. How much better it is to endure whatever will be!
seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter ultimam,
Whether Jupiter has allotted to sink you many more winters or this final one
quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus mare:
which even now wears out the Tyrrhenian sea on the rocks placed opposite
Tyrrhenum sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi
be wise, be truthful, strain the wine, and scale back your long hopes
spem longam reseces. dum loquimur, fugerit invida
to a short period. While we speak, envious time will have {already} fled:
aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.
seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the next (day)[/future].[2]
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1.11
莫问天命，问之不祥。
莫求占卜，宜顺神意。
哪怕几度冬寒，海枯石烂风霜。
求真求智慧，戒酒戒虚妄。
谈笑之间，贪恋这光阴虚度。
惜取今朝，明日渺渺不可望。