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If I could live my life again
I'd try to make more mistakes,
I wouldn't try to be so perfect,
I'd be more relaxed,
I'd be more true-to-life than I was.

In fact, I'd take fewer things seriously,
I'd be less hygienic,
I'd take more risks,
I'd take more trips,
I'd watch more sunsets,
I'd climb more mountains,
I'd swim more rivers,
I'd go to more places I've never been,
I'd eat more ice cream and less lime beans,
I'd have more real problems and less imaginary ones.

I was one of those people who live prudent and prolific lives
each minute of their existence.
Of course did I have moments of joy
yet if I could go back I'd try to have good moments only.
In case you don't know: that's what life is made of.

I was one of those who never go anywhere,
without a thermometer,
without a hot-water bottle,
without an umbrella,
without a parachute.

If I could live again
I'd travel light,
I'd try to work barefoot,
from Spring to Fall,
I'd ride more carts,
I'd watch more sunrises,
play with more kids.

If I could live my life again
– but now I am 85,
and I know I am dying.

豪尔赫·路易斯·博尔赫斯（Jorge Luis Borges， 1899年8月 24日－1986年6月14日），阿根廷诗人、小说家、散文家兼翻译家，被誉为作家中的考古学家。生于布宜诺斯艾利斯 （Buenos Aires）一个有英国血统的律师家庭。在日内瓦上中学，在剑桥读大学。掌握英、法、德等多国文字。 作品涵盖多个文学范畴，包括：短文、随笔小品、诗、文学评论、翻译文学。其中以拉丁文隽永的文字和深刻的哲理见长。