What do you think about this story? I don't think I need to write it, I just copy a line instead. This beautiful and sad story, the last few words left:
This can't last. This misery can't last. I must remember that and try to control myself. Nothing lasts really. Neither happiness nor despair. Not even life lasts very long. There'll come a time in the future I shan't mind about this any more, when I can look back and say quite peacefully and cheerfully how silly I was. No, no, I don't want that time to come hither. I want to remember every minute, always, always to the end of my days.
[Translation by Uatchet] It won't last long. Pain will not last long. I have to keep that in mind and control myself. Nothing is really long lasting. Not happiness, not despair. Even life itself is not very long. There will come a time in the future when I don't mind it anymore, and when I look back on it, I can say with all the peace and joy that I was stupid. No, no, I don't want that moment to come. I want to remember every minute, forever, forever, until the end of my life.
Although it is an independent translation, it is not much different from the Chinese subtitles that everyone usually sees. Just these few words can't be translated into any tricks. But it carries the tone, rhythm, and inner feelings of the translator's own speech. It may be similar, but it can never be replaced.
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