Der Erste Prediger - Aeternitas

O vos viventes huius mundi sapientes,

Cordibus apponite duo verba Christi: Venite!

Nec non et: Ite!

Per primum ianua vitae

Justis erit nota, sed per aliud quoque porta

Inferi monstratur: sic res diversificatur.

Gaudia vel pene sine fine sunt ibi plene.

Hinc voce sana vos hortor spernere vana.

Tempus namque brevi vivendi, postea vae vae

Mors geminata parit, sua nulli vis quoque parcit.

Fistula tartarea vos iungit in una chorea,

Qua licet inviti saliunt ut stulti periti.

Haec ut pictura docet exemplique figura.

O diser welt weisheit kind,

Alle die noch im leben sind,

Setzt in euer herz zwei wort,

Die von Cristo sind gehort.

Das ein: Get her!

das ander: Get hin!

Durch das erst die frumen hand gewin.

Mit des himels port, die in ge

Oh you, the wise living of this world

Add two words to Christ's hearts: Come!

No and no: Go!

through the first door of life

It will be known to the just, but through another gate

It is shown below, so it varies.

The joys there are almost endless, fully there.

From this I exhort you to despise vain things with a sound voice.

For a short time to live, then woe!

Death gives birth to a double, and its power spares none.

The hell's pipe joins you in the dance

You may be reluctant to jump on it to make the experts fool.

This is what the picture shows as a figure and an example.

O welt weisheit kind

Alle die noch

Setzt in

Die von Cristo sind gehort.

Das ein: Get her!

das ander: Get hin!

Durch das erst die frumen hand gewin

Mit des himels port, die in