Knowing how to smile
At a stranger who passes by
Leaving no trace
Except that of pleasure
Knowing how to love
Expecting nothing in return
Neither consideration, nor great love
Not even the hope of being loved

But knowing how to give
Give without taking back
Do nothing but learn
Learn to love
Love without waiting
And love to take everything
Learn to smile
Just for the gesture
Without wanting the rest
And learn to live
And go away

Knowing how to wait
Taste this full happiness
That is given to you as if by mistake
As we no longer expected it
Seeing oneself believe
To deceive the fear of emptiness
Anchored like so many wrinkles
That tarnish the mirrors

Knowing how to give
Give without taking back
Do nothing but learn
Learn to love
Love without waiting
And love to take everything
Learn to smile
Just for the gesture
Without wanting the rest
And learn to live
And go away

Knowing how to suffer
In silence, without a murmur
Neither defense nor armor
Suffer to the point of wanting to die
Get up
As one is reborn from their ashes
With so much love to give away
That we draw a line on the past

But knowing how to give
Give without taking back
Do nothing but learn
Learn to love
Love without waiting
And love to take everything
Learn to smile
Just for the gesture
Without wanting the rest
And learn to live
And go away

Learn to dream
To dream for two
Just by closing your eyes
And knowing how to give
Give without erasure
Nor half-measure
Learn to stay
Want until the end
Stay despite everything
Learn to love
And go away
And go away
And go away

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