A una mosca que bebe de su taza
William Oldys (1687-1761)
¡Ávida mosca curiosa!
Bebe conmigo gozosa:
toma en mi taza tu parte,
sorbe y sorbe hasta saciarte.
No desperdicies tu vida,
que cerca está la salida.
Como tú, con impaciencia
me arrojo a mi decadencia.
Vives un verano largo
y yo muchos, me hago cargo:
pero al llegar a la fosa
¡son una y la misma cosa!
Versión de Aurelio Asiain
On a Fly drinking out of his Cup
Busy, curious, thirsty fly!
Drink with me and drink as I:
Freely welcome to my cup,
Couldst thou sip and sip it up:
Make the most of life you may,
Life is short and wears away.
Both alike are mine and thine
Hastening quick to their decline:
Thine’s a summer, mine’s no more,
Though repeated to threescore.
Threescore summers, when they’re gone,
Will appear as short as one!
