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Moments ((スペイン語:''Instantes'')) is the title of a text wrongly attributed to Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges. It was widely spread through articles, compilations, posters and email chain letters, mainly in Spanish. Spanish versions, with some variations, consist of a first person narrated poem about an 85-year-old person who regrets not having enjoyed some simple pleasures during his life and instead having focused on safety and correctness. The vocabulary, syntax and style do not match those of Borges.〔(Internetaleph ), Martin Hadis' site on The Life & Works of Jorge Luis Borges. Retrieved January 10, 2011〕 == Original text and author == The first known version of the text was authored by American humorist and cartoonist Don Herold, and published by College Humor before 1935, or perhaps early that year, under the title "I'd Pick More Daisies". 〔Excerpts from Herold's text are found in Portions of this article, including attribution of the quoted passages, can be (read from Google Books )〕 Herold's text is in prose, and it lacks the melancholic tone of the Spanish poem. E.g.: If I had my life to live over, I'd try to make more mistakes next time. I would relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I know of very few things that I would take seriously. I would be crazier. I would be less hygienic. I would take more chances. I would take more trips. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would burn up more gasoline. I would eat more ice cream and less bran. Herold published a revised version in the October 1953 number of Reader's Digest.〔(University of Pittsburgh, Borges Center ) ''Jorge Luis Borges, autor del poema "Instantes"'', by Iván Almeida. Retrieved January 10, 2011〕〔(I'd Pick More Daisies ), full text, Living Life Fully Retrieved January 10, 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moments (poem)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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