Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

Latin translation: Es felix per hoc punctum temporis. Hoc punctum temporis vita tua est.

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English term or phrase:Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Latin translation:Es felix per hoc punctum temporis. Hoc punctum temporis vita tua est.
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12:04 Oct 22, 2013
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Art/Literary - Philosophy / Quote
English term or phrase: Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
Quote from Omar Khayyam, a persian Philosopher.
It speaks to Happiness.
It is from the Poem, Persian Love.
I need it translated into Latin for a headline on an essay.
Omar Khayyám (Persian: ‏عمر خیام‎; 1048–1131) was a Persian polymath: philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet. Throughout his life Omar Khayyám was dedicated to his efforts and abilities, in the day he would teach Algebra and Geometry in the evening he would attend the Seljuk court as an adviser of Malik-Shah I and at night he would study Astronomy and complete the important aspects of the Jalali calendar.
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Es felix per hoc punctum temporis. Hoc punctum temporis vita tua est.
Explanation:
A literal rendering. I employ 'per' with the accusative of extent of time to avoid ambiguity.
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be happy for this moment. this moment is your life.
Es felix per hoc punctum temporis. Hoc punctum temporis vita tua est.


Explanation:
A literal rendering. I employ 'per' with the accusative of extent of time to avoid ambiguity.

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