Anacreontea fragment 40

ἐπειδὴ βροτὸς ἐτεύχθην
βιότου τρίβον ὁδεύειν,
χρόνον ἔγνων ὃν παρῆλθον,
ὃν δ᾿ ἔχω δραμεῖν οὐκ οἶδα.
† μέθετέ με, φροντίδες· †
μηδέν μοι χὔμιν ἔστω.
πρὶν ἐμὲ φθάσῃ τὸ τέλος,
παίξω, γελάσω, χορεύσω
μετὰ τοῦ καλοῦ Λυαίου.

Since I was born mortal
to walk the path of life,
I know the passing of time,
but I don’t know how much I have left.
¡Worries, leave me alone!
Let nothing be between you and me.
Before death reaches me,
I will play, laugh and dance
with the beautiful Dionysus.