Translation of "ezpada" into English

1) Ez ezazu egin agindutakoa, ezpada nahi duzuna. 2) Sarritan ez nuen ia deus ulertzen; ez proposamen estetikoarengatik, ezpada ez nuelako nahikoa hiztegirik frantsesez.

1) Don't do what you're told, do what you want. 2) I often understood almost nothing; not because of the aesthetic proposal, but because I didn't have a large enough vocabulary in French.