4
Our name will be forgotten in time and no one will remember our works; our life will pass away like the traces of a cloud, and be scattered like mist that is chased by the rays of the sun and overcome by its heat.
5
For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and there is no return from our death, because it is sealed up and no one turns back.
6
"Come, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that exist, and make use of the creation to the full as in youth.
7
Let us take our fill of costly wine and perfumes, and let no flower of spring pass by us.
8
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.