親愛的籃球

From the moment那一年

I started rolling my dad’s tube socks我第一次穿上爸爸的筒襪

And shooting imaginary Game-winning shots幻想着自己在場上赢球

In the Great Western Forum幻想自己在西部論壇球館

I knew one thing was real:我知道

I fell in love with you.我愛上了籃球

A love so deep I gave you my all —我愛得如此深切

From my mind & body無論思想，肉體

To my spirit & soul.還是精神，靈魂

As a six-year-old boy六歲的我

Deeply in love with you已深深地愛上了籃球

I never saw the end of the tunnel.我看不到盡頭I only saw myself

我隻看到了自己

Running out of one.竭盡全力

And so I ra.努力奔跑

I ran up and down every court我在球場上不斷奔跑

After every loose ball for you.争奪每一個籃闆球

You asked for my hustle你們想看到我努力拼搏

I gave you my heart我便将赤心交于你們

Because it came with so much more.這其中，想說的提多

I played through the sweat and hurt我揮汗如雨，帶傷征戰

Not because challenge called me不為挑戰

But because YOU called me.隻為籃球

I did everything for YOU我傾盡一切

Because that’s what you do隻為籃球

When someone makes you feel as你讓我感到充實

Alive as you’ve made me feel.讓我意識到自己還活着

You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream你讓那個六歲的小男孩心懷湖人夢

And I’ll always love you for it.我愛你愛的太多

But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer.但是我不能再沉溺地愛下去了

This season is all I have left to give.這将是我最後一個賽季

My heart can take the pounding我的心仍在跳

My mind can handle the grind我的意志仍然堅強

But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye.但是我的身體告訴我，該告别了

And that’s OK.好吧

I’m ready to let you go.I want you to know now我該放手了，我想讓你明白

So we both can savor every moment we have left together.在剩餘的時光中，我們盡情享受The good and the bad.好壞亦然

We have given each other我們已經為對方

All that we have.傾盡所有

And we both know, no matter what I do next我們都知道，從今以後

I’ll always be that kid. With the rolled up socks我還是那個小男孩，穿着筒襪

Garbage can in the corner瞄準牆角的垃圾桶

05 seconds on the clock默念倒計時五秒

Ball in my hands.球在我手中

5…4…3…2…1

Love you always,永遠愛着你，我的籃球

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