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親愛的籃球
From the moment
I started rolling my dad's tube socks
And shooting imaginary
Game-winning shots
In the Great Western Forum
I knew one thing was real:
I fell in love with you.
從我最初
穿上父親的直筒襪
想象著
我在大西部論壇球館
投中制勝球的樣子
我就清楚知道
我愛上了妳
A love so deep I gave you my all —
From my mind & body
To my spirit & soul.
這愛如此深切，我已為妳傾入所有——
從我的思想和身體
到我的精神和靈魂
As a six-year-old boy
Deeply in love with you
I never saw the end of the tunnel.
I only saw myself
Running out of one.
六歲的我
深深地愛著妳
我從未看見過隧道的盡頭
我只看到我自己
用力朝盡頭奔跑
And so I ran.
I ran up and down every court
After every loose ball for you.
You asked for my hustle
I gave you my heart
Because it came with so much more.
我不停奔跑
我在每壹塊球場上來回奔跑
為爭取每壹次得到妳的機會
妳需要我拼盡全力
我為妳獻出真心
因為這付出讓我獲得更多
I played through the sweat and hurt
Not because challenge called me
But because YOU called me.
I did everything for YOU
Because that's what you do
When someone makes you feel as
Alive as you've made me feel.
我在球場流盡血汗、壹身傷病
不是因為困難在挑戰我
而是因為妳在呼喚我
我為妳做了壹切
因為妳也在這樣對我
我們讓彼此
感覺到生命力。
You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream
And I'll always love you for it.
But I can't love you obsessively for much longer.
This season is all I have left to give.
My heart can take the pounding
My mind can handle the grind
But my body knows it's time to say goodbye.
妳讓6歲的孩子實現了湖人夢
為此我將永遠愛妳
但是我無法繼續迷戀妳
這個賽季是我獻給妳的絕唱
我的心臟能承受打擊
我的意誌能應對艱難
可我的身體知道，是時候說再見了
And that's OK.
I'm ready to let you go.
I want you to know now
So we both can savor every moment we have left together.
The good and the bad.
We have given each other
All that we have.
這樣也好
我已準備好與妳告別
現在就跟妳說再見
是為了讓我們盡情地享受剩下的每壹刻
無論好的壞的
我們已經給了對方
各自的所有
And we both know, no matter what I do next
I'll always be that kid
With the rolled up socks
Garbage can in the corner
:05 seconds on the clock
Ball in my hands.
5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1
我們都知道，無論我接下來做什麽
我將永遠是那個
穿著老爸的直筒襪
瞄準角落裏的垃圾桶
想象著0.05秒倒計時
手裏拿著籃球的小孩
5…4…3…2…1
Love you always,
Kobe
永遠愛妳的
科比