雖然早知這天終究會來,但真的來臨時,
還是讓人沉重不已...
20個球季的拚戰,無數的偉大傳奇。
多年來始終在電視上追逐著他的比賽,
直到去年終於一圓多年宿願,
飛到一萬多公里外的洛杉磯,
在Staples Center裡,
在滿場18997位球迷中,
聲嘶力竭吶喊著,為Kobe大聲加油。
過去的時光一幕幕浮現眼前,
OK連線的三連霸,F4的解體,
鷹郡的疑雲,黑暗期的拼鬥,
三節62、單場81得分王的瘋狂,
MVP球季的惜敗波士頓,
二連霸的重返榮耀,
面臨老邁與傷痛纏身的夢靨...
而如今,告別的時刻終於來臨 。
老兵不死,只是逐漸凋零。
謹以此翻譯,
向我這一代的、我心目中最痴狂的籃球英雄Kobe Bryant致敬。
原文出處:
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/dear-basketball/
放在自己部落格裡的翻譯文
Dear Basketball
Nov. 29, 2015
Dear Basketball,
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.
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.
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.
You gave a six-year-old boy his Lakers 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.
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.
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
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親愛的籃球:
自從我穿上老爸的中筒襪,
想像著我置身論壇球場裡,投出致勝球的那一刻起,
我就確切地明白了一件事情:
我愛上了你。
這份愛是如此深刻,讓我付出我的所有,
從我的身體與心理,到我的精神與靈魂深處裡。
一位六歲的男孩,深深地愛著你。
我從未看到隧道的盡頭,
只看到我自己,獨自地奔跑的自己。
而我奔跑著,
我在每個球場來回地奔跑著,
為你追逐著每一顆地板球。
你呼喚我的追逐,我給你我的全部,
因為其中蘊含著那樣多的情愫。
我帶著汗水與傷痛拚搏,
不是因為挑戰呼喚著我,
而是因為,你,呼喚著我。
我為你付出所有,因為你也是如此,
讓人感受到,那如同你讓我感受到的生命的鮮活。
你給了一位六歲男孩美好的湖人夢,
為此我會永遠愛你。
但我已無法再這麼熱切地深愛著你了。
本季已是我能付出的所有,
我的心理可以承受一切壓力,
我的心思仍能應付所有磨難,
但我的身體告訴我,
說再見的時刻,已經來臨。
沒問題的,
我已經準備好讓你離開了。
現在我希望你能明白,
我們能一起歡度剩餘的每個時光,
好的時光、不好的時光。
我們已將擁有的一切,都給予了彼此。
而我們都明白,無論接下來會如何,
我永遠都會是,那捲著中筒襪的孩子。
垃圾桶在牆角,時間剩下5秒,
球就在我手裡,
5... 4... 3... 2... 1
永遠愛你。
Kobe
看看 H.Olajuwon、S.Nash、T-Mc、S.O'Neal、G.Hill、J.Kidd、R.Wallace、C.Billups,甚至是上面說的那幾位現在還在奮戰的老骨頭,或是在地球另一端另造榮耀的 S.Marbury,為何他們已身處球員生涯的末期卻還選擇繼續留在場上?也許答案很多,也或許答案只有一個 - 他們的摯愛是籃球,有些人的摯愛是嘴砲