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[中英對照] 一代男神 Kobe即將告別NBA籃壇，如詩般的親筆退休信：5.4.3.2.1…我永遠愛你

Dear Basketball: https://t.co/KDecft6BO2 #KB20

— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) 2015 11月 29日

《Dear Basketball》 by Kobe Bryant

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.

A love so deep I gave you my all —
From my mind & body
To my spirit & soul.

從那一刻
我穿上我爸的長筒襪
然後開始在舊論壇體育館
投進致勝一擊開始
我便確定了一件事

我已經愛上你了

那份愛如此深刻，我把我的全部都給了你
從我的心到我的身體
連同我的精神與我的靈魂

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.

And so I ran.

I ran up and down every court
After every loose ball for you.

當時那個六歲的小男孩
已經深深的愛上了你
我從未看見隧道的盡頭
我只看見自己
奮力地跑了出去

我就這樣全心全意地跑著

我在每場球賽來回奔跑
為你追逐每個從手中鬆開的球

You asked for my hustle
I gave you my heart
Because it came with so much more.

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.

你要求我全力以赴
我就給你我毫無保留的心
因為我對你的愛就是這麼多

我在汗水與傷痕間持續進攻
不是因為要呼應來自何方的挑戰
而是因為你召喚了我
這一切都是為了你
這麼做都是當有人能讓我
自己覺得能這樣有意義的活著會做的事
而那個人就是你

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.

你給了這個六歲小男孩他的湖人夢
我永遠都會感謝你
但我沒辦法再這樣癡迷的愛著你了
這將是我的最後一季
我的心仍然可以承受重擊
我的精神依舊可以抵禦折磨
但我的身體告訴我，是該離開的時候了

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.

但這沒關係的
我已經準備好讓你離開了
而現在我希望讓你知道
所以我們才能細細品嚐我們在一起的最後倒數時光
不論是好是壞
我們都已付出所有

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

Love you always,
Kobe