Xavier: November 2024 VIP Letter
Translation note: There are two translations per line. Literal translation in Version A. Slight localization with fidelity in blue in Version B.
给你写这封信时，窗外阳光。
At the time I was writing this letter to you, outside the window the sunlight was bright and beautiful.
胖球钻进了我的书房，在我的信纸上踩出了好多个脚印……
squeezed into my study, and on my stationery left behind so many footprints…..
我尽量选了最干净的这张，你介意。
I did my best to select the cleanest sheet, don’t mind it.
信纸之前就买了，但我在犹豫该不该写。
The stationery was purchased before this, but I am hesitating whether or not to write.
像是我想你了，可以去找你吗这种话，你一定都听腻了。
Words like, “I miss you, can I go find you”--you must be tired of hearing them.
就算写下来了，可能也没什么不一样的……
Even if written down, maybe not much would be different…
但写到这里，写到“我想你了”的时候，我又想到了你，然后就是遇到了你之后的一切，以及和你相遇后，我所有感到幸福的瞬间。
But, as I wrote up to this point, when I wrote “I miss you”, I once again thought of you, and then of everything after I met you, as well as all of the moments of happiness that I felt after meeting with you.
遇到你之前，我习惯了自己沿着一条路往前走，不会犹豫，也很少有别的期待。
Before I met you, I was used to following a road alone, without hesitation, and with very little expectations for anything else.
但我现在的确希望，我选择的道终点总是与你连在一起。
But now I definitely hope, the end of the path I choose will always be connected to yours.
The word here used for “path” is 道 (dao), which differs from “road” （路）that Xavier previously uses. Notably, 道 (dao) also means “way” and has a much deeper meaning than merely a simple road. It essentially is referring to the Dao, which is a guiding principle or spiritual path, a way of life.
In this sense, it can be interpreted that Xavier is saying that MC is his “Way” and that she defines/guides the life that he leads. In other words, he lives his life for her.
The Tao can be roughly thought of as the "flow of the universe", or as some essence or pattern behind the natural world that keeps the Universe balanced and ordered. (Source)
According to Daoism, all things eventually return to the Dao. So in this sense, Xavier can also be saying that the inevitability of his return to MC is governed by the very flow of the universe itself.
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