★ 科比：致我最愛的籃球 ★

Dear Basketball, from the moment

親愛的籃球，從小時候

I started rolling my dad’s tube socks

and shooting imaginary

我穿著老爸的直筒襪，假裝著

Game-winning shots

in the Great Western Forum

我在大西部論壇球館，投中制勝球的樣子

I knew one thing was real:

I fell in love with you.

我就清楚知道一件事情：我愛上你了。

A love so deep I gave you my all —

from my mind & body

to my spirit & soul.

我愛你如此之深，已奉獻(xiàn)我的所有—，

從我的思想到我的身體

從我的精神到我的靈魂

As a six-year-old boy

deeply in love with you

六歲的我，深深的愛著你

I never saw the end of the tunnel.

I only saw myself

我從沒想過這段旅程結(jié)束時的樣子，

我只看到我自己

Running out of one.

And so I ran.

I ran up and down every court

在這條路上奔跑

所以我不停的跑

每場比賽我都不停奔跑

After every loose ball for you.

You asked for my hustle

I gave you my heart

為爭取每一次得到你的機會

你需要我拼盡全力

我為你奉上了我的心

Because it came with so much more.

I played through the sweat and hurt

因為這需要的不僅僅是盡力。

我為打球流盡血汗、帶著一身傷病

Not because challenge called me

but because YOU called me.

不是因為困難在挑戰(zhàn)我

而是因為你在呼喚我

I did everything for YOU

because that’s what you do

我已經(jīng)為你做了一切

因為你也是這樣對待我

When someone makes you feel as

Alive as you’ve made me feel.

因為你讓我感覺

我自己是一個鮮活的人

You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream

And I’ll always love you for it.

你讓一個6歲的孩子實現(xiàn)了他的湖人夢，

為此我將永遠(yuǎn)愛你。

But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer.

This season is all I have left to give.

但是我不能再如此迷戀你了

這個賽季是我所能給的僅有的

My heart can take the pounding

My mind can handle the grind

我的心還能繼續(xù)承受各種打擊

我的意志也還能繼續(xù)堅持下去

But my body knows

it’s time to say goodbye.

但我的身體讓我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

這也很好

我已經(jīng)做好準(zhǔn)備跟你說再見了

我現(xiàn)在只是想讓你知道

So we both can savor every moment

we have left together.

The good and the bad.

我們倆都可以永遠(yuǎn)珍藏著彼此

一起度過的每一段時光

無論是好的，還是壞的

We have given each other

All that we have.

我們已經(jīng)給了彼此

我們所能給的全部

And we both know,

no matter what I do next

I’ll always be that kid

With the rolled-up socks

我們倆都知道，

接下來無論我去做什么

我都會是那個

穿著老爸的直筒襪

Garbage can in the corner

:05 seconds on the clock

Ball in my hands.

瞄準(zhǔn)角落里的垃圾桶

假裝進(jìn)攻時間還有5秒

手里拿著籃球的小孩

5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1

5秒、4秒、3秒、2秒、1秒

Love you always

一直愛你的

Kobe

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