Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.
For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.
Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.