Dhp 21 (with 2 translations)

Dhammapadaṃ, 2. Appamādavaggo (Carefulness), Verse 21

appamādo amatapadaṃ | pamādo maccuno padaṃ ||
appamattā na mīyanti | ye pamattā yathā matā || 21 ||

1)

21. Earnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvâna),
         thoughtlessness the path of death.
      Those who are in earnest do not die,
         those who are thoughtless are as if dead already.

-- Translation by F. Max Müller from The Dhammapada, p.  9,
     Vol. X of The Sacred Books of the East, 1881

2)

21. Carefulness is the place of the death-free;
         carelessness is the place of death.
The careful do not die; the careless are as though (already) dead.

-- Translation by K.R. Norman from The Word of the Doctrine, p. 4,
    The Pali Text Society, 2000

-- posted on the day of the First Quarter, July 28, 2009
Note: Müller's translation is placed first because it is older than
Norman's.