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.

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Doses it matter if someone leads a bad or a good life?

Faithful souls!

Think of your paths, and you will easily see the end toward which  you strive.

It is no small thing, to have earned anger or satisfaction.

Search for the heavenly, avoid the earthly, do not worry about the rest. It is useless.

This will give (you) joy, consolation over death and rewards in heaven which are eternal.