致我挚爱的篮球
（作者：科比 Kim笨拙翻译 情感表达难望原文项背 只为抛砖引玉）

我卷起父亲的筒袜
幻想自己在大西部论坛球馆投出制胜一球
自那一刻起
我就真真实实地感受到:
我爱上了你

这份爱如此之深
我为之付出所有
从思想到身体
自精神至灵魂

一个六岁男孩
深深地爱上你
这条爱的道路
我无法看到尽头
只见自己
疯狂奔跑

我为你奔跑
每一个赛场
每一次控球
你要我奋力争取
我为你竭尽全力
因为在你的世界里
有那么多我想要的东西

与你在一起
所有的甜蜜我都尝过
所有的伤痛我都挺过
并非只为挑战
而是，你，在召唤

你就是这样霸气
能让我感到自己生命的活力
以致我心甘情愿付出一切只为你
你给了一个六岁男孩他的湖人梦想
为此，我将终生爱你

而我对你的迷恋却不能更多地延续
我能给的，也只剩下这一个赛季
你可知道
我的心仍向往着赛场
我的意志也足以承受任何磨砺
但我的身体告诉我
盛时已不再，君须道别离

没关系
此刻，我只想告诉你
我已准备好让你远去
放下心中的忧虑
让我们尽情享受余下的，我们的时光
不论喜忧
只求相守时
为对方毫无保留

默契如我们
不必为以后担忧
我将始终是那个六岁男孩
手举卷起的筒袜
瞄向墙角的垃圾桶
5秒钟倒计时
5..4..3..2..1

永远爱你的
科比

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 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.
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