What do you regret not doing?

I regret every year I didn't ask for help. This card goes to the end of the world and comes back to tell me what everyone else regrets.

Me arrepiento de no haberle preguntado a mi abuela cómo hacía su mole. Ahora cocino adivinando. La tarjeta viaja al sur; yo me quedo con la duda.

I regret never asking my grandmother how she made her mole. Now I cook by guessing. The card travels south; I keep the doubt.

Me arrepiento de no haber bailado en la boda de mi hermana. Estaba enojada por algo que ya ni recuerdo.

I regret not dancing at my sister's wedding. I was angry about something I can't even remember now.

Viví toda mi vida a diez cuadras del mar y nunca aprendí a nadar. Hoy la mandé rumbo a Chile con un camionero, y yo me apunté a clases.

I lived my whole life ten blocks from the sea and never learned to swim. Today I sent it toward Chile with a trucker, and signed myself up for lessons.

De no haberle dicho a mi padre que su taller olía a domingo. Ahora el taller es un estacionamiento.

Not telling my father his workshop smelled like Sunday. Now the workshop is a parking lot.

Lo trajimos en velero hasta el fin del mundo. Aquí no queda nada que lamentar: solo viento. La tarjeta toca su meta y da la vuelta.

We brought it by sailboat to the end of the world. Nothing left to regret here: only wind. The card touches its goal and turns around.

La tarjeta ya tocó el fin del mundo y va de vuelta. ¿Mi arrepentimiento? Nunca saqué a bailar a mi mujer en cuarenta años de matrimonio. Anoche lo hice, en la cocina.

The card has touched the end of the world and is on its way back. My regret? In forty years of marriage I never asked my wife to dance. Last night I did, in the kitchen.

Un marinero chileno me la dio en el puerto. Me arrepiento de no haber vuelto a escribirle a mi amiga de la escuela. Esta noche lo hago.

A Chilean sailor gave it to me at the port. I regret never writing back to my school friend. Tonight I will.

Uma amiga trouxe-a de Sevilha. Arrependo-me das cartas que nunca enviei; ficaram bonitas e inúteis numa gaveta. Esta, pelo menos, viaja.

A friend brought it from Seville. I regret the letters I never sent; they stayed beautiful and useless in a drawer. This one, at least, travels.

Almost home. I regret waiting for the right moment, always. Whoever takes this north: don't wait. Ana is in New York.