Greek (Ancient)
Ceremony and Celebration (Seikilos Epitaph)
English translation
While you live, shine (Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου)
Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
While you live, shine,
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ
have no grief at all,
πρὸς ὀλίγον ἔστι[2] τὸ ζῆν
life [x1], exists only for a short while [x2],
τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ. x3
and time demands its toll. [x3]