The translation that I learned in French is "Cueille le jour" ("Cueillir un fruit/une fleur" being equivalent to "picking a fruit/flower"). It is apparently the

The translation that I learned in French is "Cueille le jour" ("Cueillir un fruit/une fleur" being equivalent to "picking a fruit/flower"). It is apparently the consensus translation in French [1]. It gives the phrase a very light tone, and makes it indubitably about the pleasures of life. Indeed, "Gathering flowers as a metaphor for timely enjoyment is a far gentler, more sensual image than the rather forceful and even violent concept of seizing the moment." [1] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpe_diem https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpe_diem