告別信

加布里爾·加西亞·馬爾克斯小說家，寫作語言為西班牙語。作為一個天才的、贏得廣泛贊譽的小說家，加西亞·馬爾克斯將現實主義與幻想結合起來，創造了一部風云變幻的哥倫比亞和整個南美大陸的神話般的歷史。

以下這封信據傳是加布里埃爾·加西亞·馬爾克斯(Gabriel García Márquez，1928年3月6日-，哥倫比亞人，1982年因《百年孤獨》獲諾貝爾文學獎)，得知自己身患絕癥(1999年得淋巴癌)后對人生的感言。

If God, for a second, forgot what I have become and granted me

a little bit more of life,

I would use it to the best of my ability.

I wouldn’t possibly, say everything that is in my mind,

but I would be more thoughtful of all I say.

I would give merit to things not for what they are worth,

but for what they mean to express.

I would sleep little, I would dream more,

because I know that for every minute that we close our eyes,

we waste 60 seconds of light.

I would walk while others stop; I would awake while others sleep.

If God would give me a little bit more of life,

I would dress in a simple manner,

I would place myself in front of the sun,

leaving not only my body, but my soul naked at its mercy.

To all men I would say how mistaken they are

when they think that they stop falling in love when they grow old,

without knowing that they grow old when they stop falling in love.

I would give wings to children,

but I would leave it to them to learn how to fly by themselves.