A harpist's hymn dating from about 1160 B.C.

So seize the day! hold holiday!
Be unwearied, unceasing, alive
you and your own true love;
Let not the heart be troubled during your
sojourn on Earth,
but seize the day as it passes!

Found on the tomb of Inherkhawy, a supervisor of workers at the royal burial ground in the ancient city of Thebes.

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