影/「我準備好讓你離去…」Kobe Bryant一封親筆信:致親愛的籃球
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NBA傳奇球星「小飛俠」科比‧布萊恩(Kobe Bryant)於美國當地時間26日發生直升機墜機意外,享年41歲,機上共9名乘員、包含他及13歲愛女Gianna Bryant全數罹難,消息一出讓全球粉絲震驚心碎。
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2016年退役的Kobe Bryant仍在球場外從事籃球推廣,更親自編劇、親自口述旁白動畫片「致親愛的籃球」(Dear Basketball),與國際傳奇動畫大師格蘭‧基恩(Glen Keane)、電影原聲樂配樂大師約翰‧威廉斯(John Williams)合作打造出成品,獲得2018年奧斯卡最佳動畫短片獎。
全文中英對照:
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.
親愛的籃球:
自從我開始捲著爸爸的長筒襪
在偉大的Forum體育館中
投出那些想像中的致勝球的那一刻
我發現了一件事實
我徹底地愛上了你
這份愛深得讓我獻給了你我的所有
從我的心智與身體
到我的精神與靈魂
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.
那個一個六歲的男孩
深深地陷入與你的這段愛情
我從未看到這條隧道的終點
我只看見我自己
從隧道的另一邊跑出去
所以我開始奔跑
我在每一個球場上盡情奔跑
追逐每一顆從手中離開的球
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.
你要求我拚盡全力
我連同我的心毫無保留的一起給你
因為這帶給我的遠遠超過更多
我一次又一次撐過了汗水與傷痛
並不是因為挑戰在呼喚我
而是因為你呼喚著我
我努力的一切都是為了你
因為若是任何人感受到
如同你所賦予我一樣的生命力
也會這麼做
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.
你給了一個六歲男孩他的湖人夢
而我會為此永遠愛你
但我無法只靠著執著來愛你了
這個球季將是我所能給的最後全部
我的心可以承受重擊
我的精神可以經得起折磨
但我的身體知道該是時候道別了
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.
其實沒關係
我已經準備好讓你離去
我想要讓你知道
我們才能珍惜我們在一起的每個最後時光
無論是好是壞
我們已經給予彼此
我們所有的全部
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
而我們都知道不管下一步我怎麼走
我永遠都是當初那個捲起長襪的孩子
垃圾桶在角落
計時器剩下五秒
球在我的手上
5
4
3
2
1
永遠愛你的
Kobe
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