To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May (1909), gant John William Waterhouse

"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" zo ur varzhoneg saoznek gant Robert Herrick er XVIIvet kantved.

Un doare carpe diem eo an oberenn, ha setu penaos e krog :

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

Old Time is still a-flying;

And this same flower that smiles today,

Tomorrow will be dying.

Emzastumit, broustoù keit ma c'hallit

An Amzer zo bepred o nijal;

Hag ar vleunienn a vousc'hoarzh hiriv

Arc'hoazh a vo o vervel.

En he hed

Setu ar varzhoneg en he hed:

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

Old Time is still a-flying;

And this same flower that smiles today,

Tomorrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven the sun,

The higher he's a-getting,

The sooner will his race be run,

And nearer he's to setting.

That age is best which is the first,

When youth and blood are warmer;

But being spent, the worse, and worst

Times still succeed the former.

Then be not coy, but use your time,

And, while ye may, go marry;

For, having lost but once your prime,

You may forever tarry.

Carpe diem

E 1648 e voe embannet en un dastumad anvet Hesperides.

Liamm diavaez

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