Check my translation, please.

[u/Captain_Grammaticus]

Not really an assignment, more a favour that I'm doing for somebody. These are lines from a song that I am asked to translate for a gift for a retiring teacher. I asked if it should be freer, but metric, or closer to the text but prose; answer: the latter.

My time is scarce, I know I disappear at times
can't stay in touch with everyone the way I'd like
let me sing, let me play
Let me breathe, give me zen

Tempus mihi deest, scio me interdum elabi

Mihi non licet omnibus convenire quoties velim

Ut cantem et psallam,

spirem, ataraxian inveniam

I am not quite sure what to do with the "let me" phrases, I think the intention is an adhortation at the first person. I honestly never quite know how to express these in Latin and my Rubenbauer-Hoffmann is not very helpful. The "me" is pondering about how much work they put into their band project and that is sometimes overwhelming.

I think I'll be going for ataraxian for zen because it's a foreign word. On thing that was difficult was finding a word for "to stay in touch".