Time, You Old Teacher

I don't have time to repeat mistakes.
I won't squander myself in tears.
I know—mistakes are the most human thing,
only that, to forgive them.

I don't have time for fresh wounds,
I never found a salve for the old.
I just clench my teeth and insist
that time alone will be my medicine.

I don't have time for false meetings.
How much I threw away on them...
Promises, hollow oaths...
And I stayed silent, believing in miracles.

I don't have time. I've already spent
too much on the wrong people, the wrong fates.
Now I'm saving it for the joy I deserve...
I don't have time! Neither do you!