This is a Sanskrit & English translation of https://suttacentral.net/sn1.10/pli/ms.

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सम्युक्तनिकायः १.१० — अरण्यसूक्तम्
saṃyuktanikāyaḥ 1.10 — araṇyasūktam
Saṃyukta Nikāya 1.10 — The Forest

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श्रावस्तीनिदानम्। एकान्ते स्थिता खलु सा देवता भगवन्तं गाथयाऽध्यभाषत —
śrāvastīnidānam. ekānte sthitā khalu sā devatā bhagavantaṃ gāthayā ’dhyabhāṣata —
At Śrāvastī. Standing to one side, a certain deity addressed the Bhagavān with a verse:

“अरण्ये विहरतां, शान्तानां ब्रह्मचारिणाम्।
एकभक्तं भुञ्जानानां, केन वर्णः प्रसीदति?” इति।
“araṇye viharatāṃ, śāntānāṃ brahmacāriṇām.
ekabhaktaṃ bhuñjānānāṃ, kena varṇaḥ prasīdati?” iti.
“For those dwelling in the forest, the peaceful, the celibate,
who eat but a single meal a day—due to what does their complexion become so bright?”

“अतीतं नानुशोचन्ति, न प्रजल्पन्ति नागतम्।
प्रत्युत्पन्नेन यापयन्ति, तेन वर्णः प्रसीदति।
अनागतप्रजल्पेन, अतीतस्यानुशोचनेन।
एताभ्यां बालाः शुष्यन्ति, नड इव हरितो लूनः” इति।
“atītaṃ nānusocanti, na prajalpanti nāgatam.
pratyutpannena yāpayanti, tena varṇaḥ prasīdati.
anāgataprajalpena, atītasyānuśocanena.
etābhyāṃ bālāḥ śuṣyanti, naḍa iva harito lūnaḥ” iti.
“They do not grieve for the past, nor do they prattle about the future.
They sustain themselves with what is present; that is why their complexion is bright.
By chattering about the future and grieving for the past,
the immature wither away, like a green reed that has been cut down.”