Seikilos Epitaph

[Verse 1]

    hó - son  zêis,   phaí  -    -   nou
   While you  live,   shi      -      ne,
     e    q    q.      e    e    e    q.
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     mē - dèn  hó   lō  - s      sù  lu - po - û
     have no   gri   -   ef      a -  t  a  - ll
     q    e    e    e    e       e   q   e   q
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   pròs  o - líg - on  és    -      ti   tò   zê  -  n
   life ex - ists on - ly   for     a   short whi - le
     e   e    e    e    e    e       e    q    e    q
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    tò  té - los ho khró - nos     a - pa - i - teî.
   and Time de - ma   -   nds     hi -  s   du - e.
     e   e   e   e    e    e       e    q    e   e    e
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[Lyrics - Ancient Greek]

Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ
πρὸς ὀλίγον ἔστι[2] τὸ ζῆν
τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ


[Lyrics - Transliterated Ancient Greek]

hóson zêis, phaínou
mēdèn hólōs sù lupoû
pròs olígon ésti tò zên
tò télos ho khrónos apaiteî.


[Lyrics - Singable English]

While you live, shine
have no grief at all
life exists only for a short while
and Time demands his due.[