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But I had a childhood, and I was allowed to make mistakes and find my own way in the world without the glare of the spotlight.
我是有童年的，而我也可以在鎂光燈照不到的、屬于我的世界里犯錯和做我自己。
When I first heard that Michael had died, I was in London, days away from the opening of my tour. Michael was going to perform in the same venue as me a week later. All I could think about in this moment was, "I had abandoned him." That we had abandoned him. That we had allowed this magnificent creature who had once set the world on fire to somehow slip through the cracks. While he was trying to build a family and rebuild his career, we were all busy passing judgment. Most of us had turned our backs on him.
當聽到邁克爾去世的消息時，我人在倫敦，巡回演唱會剛開始了幾天。而邁克爾原本也計劃在一周之后來這里演出。當時我的感覺便是我拋棄了他，我們都拋棄了他！因為我們竟然默許這位曾讓世界沸騰的俊杰遭受各種流言的折磨。當他試圖建立自己的家庭和重拾他的事業(yè)時，我們都忙于對他做出評判。我們中的大部分人都拒絕了他。
In a desperate attempt to hold on to his memory, I went on the Internet to watch old clips of him dancing and singing on TV and on stage and I thought, "My God, he was so unique, so original, so rare, and there will never be anyone like him again. He was a king."
在我傷心欲絕的時候，我不斷上網重溫他以前在電視或演唱會上的表演片段，以憑吊我對他的思念。而每每這個時刻，我便會覺得：“老天！他真是太特別了，極其大膽又極具獨創(chuàng)性。毫無疑問永遠都不會再有人能像他那樣。他就是一個王者。”
But he was also a human being, and alas we are all human beings and sometimes we have to lose things before we can truly appreciate them. I want to end this on a positive note and say that my sons, age nine and four, are obsessed with Michael Jackson. There's a whole lot of crotch grabbing and moon walking going on in my house. And, it seems like a whole new generation of kids has discovered his genius and are bringing him to life again. I hope that wherever Michael is right now he is smiling about this.
但同時他又是個凡人。唉，我們都是凡人，以至于有時總要失去之后才懂得珍惜。最后，我想以一個積極樂觀的方式結束我的發(fā)言。我的兩個兒子，一個9歲，一個4歲，都非常癡迷于邁克爾·杰克遜，成天都在家里跳月球漫步，就好像全世界新一代的小孩兒們發(fā)現了杰克遜的天賦，并將他重新復活一樣。無論邁克爾現在身在何處，我都希望他看到這些時都是面帶微笑的。
Yes, yes, Michael Jackson was a human being but he was a king. Long live the king.
是的，邁克爾·杰克遜是一個人，但他更是一個王者！一個永世長存的王者！
