光阴虚度 meaning in English

loaf [trifle; fritter] away one's time; lose one's time by trifling

Don ' t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future
不要总是沉浸于过去或幻想未来中，使你的日子从你的指尖溜走（或这译为把你得光阴虚度）。
Has not the word come to you that the flower is reigning in splendour among thorns ? wake , oh awaken ! let not the time pass in vain
你没有得到消息说荆棘丛中花朵正在盛开吗？醒来罢，呵，醒来！不要让光阴虚度了！