First of all, how I wish you love

and while loving, also be loved

and then, if it’s not like this,

be brief in forgetting

And after you’ve forgotten,

don’t keep anything

 

I wish then that it wasn’t like this

but if it is,

you could be a person

without desperation

 

I wish also that you have friends

Even bad and inconsequence ones,

They should be strong

and loyal to you.

and at least you have one

in whom you could trust

without doubting

 

I wish you have enemies.

Not many or not too little

Just in the right number.

so that you will have to question

Your own certainties,

and truths as well

 

I wish you were useful

But not irreplaceable

And in your bad moments,

When you don’t have anything else

This usefulness is enough

To keep you standing

So equally,

 

I wish you to be tolerant

Not with those that make little mistakes

Because that is easy,

But with those that make a lot of mistakes

For this will be of no remedy.

And make good use of this tolerance,

To set example for others.

 

I wish that being young,

You don’t mature too quickly

And once you’re mature,

Don’t insist in getting younger.

And when you’re old,

Don’t make despair

Because each age

Has its pain and pleasure.

And these are necessary

To have them influence amongst us.

By the way

 

I wish that you were sad

At least once a day

And in this day, I want you to discover

That to love everyday is good,

To laugh often is boring

And to laugh constantly is an illness.

 

I wish that you discover

With a maximum urgency

That above and inspite of everything,

There are people around you

Who are depressed,

Unhappy and are treated unjustly.

I wish that you caress a cat,

You feed a bird

And listen to its chirp as well,

As it sings triumphantly

Its early morning song.

Because in this way,

You will feel good for nothing.

 

And then I wish you

sowing a seed

Even if it is very little.

And you have to accompany it

In its growth.

So you will discover

How many lives a tree is made of.

 

I wish as well that you have money

Because it is needed to be practical.

And at least once a year,

Put some of these money infront of you

And say “This is mine only”:

So it is very clear

Who owns who.

Also,

I wish the demise

of any of your love ones,

And if some of them die,

You could cry without lament

And without feeling guilty.

 

Finally,

I wish for you that being a man,

You had a good woman

And being a woman,

To have a good man.

Tomorrow and the day after.

And once they are exhaust,

They smile and speak about love

To start again

 

If all these things would happen to you,

Then,

I don’t have any other wish for you

Anymore

Victor Hugo

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