This is the Seikilos Epitaph, the oldest known complete piece of music. It includes complete lyrics and musical notation.

Composer David Asher Brown recorded his interpretation of the piece. It’s haunting and mesmerizing.

The lyrics (a poem) are translated as:

while you live, shine
have no grief at all
life exists only for a short while
and Time demands his due

More information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikilos_epitaph

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Seikilos epitaph - Wikipedia

@markwyner That sounds like George Harrison.
@moonwalkerwiz or…George Harrison sounds like that. 😉
@markwyner Yeah. 😁 I think it's just the way this particular composer played it with the synthesized sounds and all. It reminded me of Within You Without You. I listened to the more plain version on Wikipedia and it sounded more traditional.
@moonwalkerwiz I agree with you, 100%. I actually searched online and found a bunch of different interpretations. It’s pretty amazing hearing all the ways it *might* have sounded.