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.
9
Let none of us fail to share in our revelry, everywhere let us leave signs of enjoyment, because this is our portion, and this our lot.
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.