collige virgo rosas

pick, girl, the roses

Notes

Exhortation to enjoy fully the youth, similar to Carpe diem, from De rosis nascentibus (also titled Idyllium de rosis) attributed to Ausonius or Virgil.

Words

colligo – assemble, gather together, lectum, legi, to bind, to collect
virgo – maiden, virgin, young girl
ros – moisture