Come mi pare [English translation]

Someone who wants to write, first must learns to read.

Someone who wants to play1, first must learns to listen.

Someone who to laugh, first must learns to cry.

Someone who wants to understand, first must be able to ask.

Someone who wants to win, first must learns to lose.

Someone who wants to keep, first must know what to let go.

Someone who wants to insist, first must learn to yield.

Someone who wants to love, first must learn to give up.

I know how to create, I can improvise

with no rules nor structures.

I do as I please, (as I please)

and as I please.

I can2 imagine an entire story,

without a single true word.

I do as I please,

and as I please. (and as I please)

I am free and reckless,

so I can happily do

as I please.

It's like pushing a sail against the wind;

memorizing the words and not the meaning;

jumping immediately to the end of the novel.

It's not talent, rather it's a trick that a span of time will have.

I've wasted time and still waste it:

I only leave the house at the time in which I must arrive, (as I please)

When I please,

I am free and reckless,

so I can happily do as I please,

exactly as I please. (exactly as I please.)

Someone who wants to write, first must learns to read.

Someone who wants to play1, first must learns to listen.

Someone who wants to laugh, first must learns to cry.

Someone who wants to finish, must begin again.

Someone who wants to win, first must learns to lose.

Someone who wants to keep, first must know what to let go.

Someone who wants to insist, first must learns to yield.

Someone who wants to love, first must learn to give up.

1. a. b. play a musical instrument2. know how to