Dear Basketball（Kobe Bryant）

Dear Basketball,

　　From the moment

　　I started rolling my dad’s tube socks

　　And shooting imaginary

　　Game-winning shots

　　In the Great Western Forum

　　童稚曾幻梦，恃才傲莽原。

　　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.

　　我躯倾夙愿，浩荡神魂间。

　　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.

　　戎机二十载，疾驰似无前。

　　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

　　校场驾汝风，祝融炙心田。

　　Because it came with so much more.

　　I played through the sweat and hurt

　　Not because challenge called me

　　But because YOU called me.

　　虔心迎汗疠，银铃胜峰峦。

　　I did everything for YOU

　　Because that’s what you do

　　When someone makes you feel as

　　Alive as you’ve made me feel.

　　彼既遗我生，我血献海天。

　　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.

　　湖人君锡梦，生涯竟斯年。

　　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.

　　只身归末路，棘心辞巨幡。

　　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.

　　毕生赴此径，请君瞻电烻。

　　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.

　　永持球若刃，一隅只独看。

　　5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1

　　Love you always,

　　五秒终谢幕，万里怀烽烟。

　　Kobe

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