IT工程師數位筆記本

Dear Basketball (致親愛的籃球）

Dear Basketball,

親愛的籃球，

From the moment

從小時候

I started rolling my dad’s tube socks

我穿著老爸的直筒襪

And shooting imaginary

假裝著

Game-winning shots

我在大西部論壇球館

In the Great Western Forum

投中制勝球的樣子

I knew one thing was real:

我就清楚知道一件事情：

I fell in love with you.

我愛上你了。

A love so deep I gave you my all —

我愛你如此之深，已奉獻我的所有—

From my mind & body

從我的思想到我的身體

To my spirit & soul.

從我的精神到我的靈魂

As a six-year-old boy

六歲的我

Deeply in love with you

深深的愛著你

I never saw the end of the tunnel.

我從沒想過這段旅程結束時的樣子

I only saw myself

我只看到我自己

Running out of one.

在這條路上奔跑

And so I ran.

所以我不停的跑

I ran up and down every court

每場比賽我都不停奔跑

After every loose ball for you.

為爭取每一次得到你的機會

You asked for my hustle

你需要我拼盡全力

I gave you my heart

我為你奉上了我的心

Because it came with so much more.

因為這需要的不僅僅是盡力。

I played through the sweat and hurt

我為打球流盡血汗、帶著一身傷病

Not because challenge called me

不是因為困難在挑戰我

But because YOU called me.

而是因為你在呼喚我

I did everything for YOU

我已經為你做了一切

Because that’s what you do

因為你也是這樣對待我

When someone makes you feel as

因為你讓我感覺

Alive as you’ve made me feel.

我自己是一個鮮活的人

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

你讓一個6歲的孩子實現了他的湖人夢

And I’ll always love you for it.

為此我將永遠愛你。

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

但是我不能再如此迷戀你了

This season is all I have left to give.

這個賽季是我所能給的僅有的

My heart can take the pounding

我的心還能繼續承受各種打擊

My mind can handle the grind

我的意志也還能繼續堅持下去

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.

這也很好

I’m ready to let you go.

我已經做好準備跟你說再見了

I want you to know now

我現在只是想讓你知道

So we both can savor every moment we have left together.

我們倆都可以永遠珍藏著彼此一起度過的每一段時光

The good and the bad.

無論是好的，還是壞的

We have given each other

我們已經給了彼此

All that we have.

我們所能給的全部

And we both know, no matter what I do next

我們倆都知道，接下來無論我去做什么

I’ll always be that kid

我都會是那個

With the rolled up socks

穿著老爸的直筒襪

Garbage can in the corner

瞄準角落里的垃圾桶

0:05 seconds on the clock

假裝進攻時間還有0.05秒

Ball in my hands.

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, Kobe

一直愛你的，科比