"moments" by Jorge Luis Borgese - a quickly jotted translation
if i were able to live my life again
next time i would try to make more mistakes.
I would not try to be so perfect. I would be more relaxed.
I would be much more foolish than i have been. In fact,
I would take very few things seriously. I would
be much less sanitary.
I would run more risks. I would take more trips.
I would contemplate more sunsets,
I would climb more mountains,
I would swim more rivers.
I would go more places i have never visited.
I would eat more ice cream and less beans.
I would have more real problems and fewer imaginary ones.
I was one of those people who lived prudently and prolificly
every moment of his life.
Certainly i had great moments of happiness.
Don't let the present slip away.
I was one of those who never went away without
a thermometer, a hot water bottle, an umbrella, and a parachute.
If i could live over again i would go barefoot,
beginning in early spring and would continue so
till the end of autumn.
I would take more turns on the merry go round
and play with more children. I would watch more dawns.
If i once again had a life ahead of me.
But you see, I am 85 years old,
and i know that i am dying.
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