Recitativo: Ergo interest, an quis male vivat, an bene? Fidelis anima! Cogita vias tuas, facileque, quis tibi sit videbis exitum. Est aliquid, iram promeruisse, an gratiam. Aria: Quaere superna, fuge terrena, non cura reliqua, nil enim sunt. Hoc dabit gaudia, mortis solatia, in cœlis praemia, quae sunt aeterna. | Recitativo: Does it then matter whether one lives a bad life or a good one? Faithful soul! Think about your ways, and you will easily see what results for you. It is not nothing to have brought about anger or thankfulness. Aria: Seek the heavenly, flee the earthly, do not worry about the rest, for they are nothing. This will result in much joy, consolation in death, and eternal reward in heaven. |