{"id":255,"date":"2010-05-18T14:33:30","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T14:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=255"},"modified":"2010-05-06T19:35:16","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T19:35:16","slug":"instantes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/instantes\/","title":{"rendered":"Instantes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People say, rather wrongly, that the poem below is by Jorge Luis Borges, but in fact no one knows for sure who it is by. You can practice your Spanish conditional tenses, the Past Subjunctive and also think about what is worth in your life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>Instantes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Si pudiera vivir nuevamente mi vida.<br \/>\nEn la pr\u00f3xima tratar\u00eda de cometer m\u00e1s errores.<br \/>\nNo intentar\u00eda ser tan perfecto, me relajar\u00eda m\u00e1s.<br \/>\nSer\u00eda m\u00e1s tonto de lo que he sido, de hecho<br \/>\ntomar\u00eda muy pocas cosas con seriedad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Ser\u00eda menos higi\u00e9nico.<br \/>\nCorrer\u00eda m\u00e1s riesgos, har\u00eda m\u00e1s viajes, contemplar\u00eda<br \/>\nm\u00e1s atardeceres, subir\u00eda m\u00e1s monta\u00f1as, nadar\u00eda m\u00e1s r\u00edos.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Ir\u00eda a m\u00e1s lugares adonde nunca he ido, comer\u00eda<br \/>\nm\u00e1s helados y menos habas, tendr\u00eda m\u00e1s problemas<br \/>\nreales y menos imaginarios.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Yo fui una de esas personas que vivi\u00f3 sensata y prol\u00edficamente<br \/>\ncada minuto de su vida; claro que tuve momentos de alegr\u00eda.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Pero si pudiera volver atr\u00e1s tratar\u00eda de tener<br \/>\nsolamente buenos momentos.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Por si no lo saben, de eso est\u00e1 hecha la vida, s\u00f3lo de momentos;<br \/>\nno te pierdas el ahora.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Yo era uno de esos que nunca iban a ninguna parte sin term\u00f3metro,<br \/>\nuna bolsa de agua caliente, un paraguas y un paraca\u00eddas;<br \/>\nSi pudiera volver a vivir, viajar\u00eda m\u00e1s liviano.<br \/>\nSi pudiera volver a vivir comenzar\u00eda a andar descalzo a principios<br \/>\nde la primavera y seguir\u00eda as\u00ed hasta concluir el oto\u00f1o.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Dar\u00eda m\u00e1s vueltas en calesita, contemplar\u00eda m\u00e1s amaneceres<br \/>\ny jugar\u00eda con m\u00e1s ni\u00f1os, si tuviera otra vez la vida por delante.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Pero ya tengo 85 a\u00f1os y s\u00e9 que me estoy muriendo.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People say, rather wrongly, that the poem below is by Jorge Luis Borges, but in fact no one knows for sure who it is by. 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