It ended
when I at last switched the subtitle to "Thanks for watching";
when the dance floor was wrapped and carried away,
and the lights were taken off one by one;
when I shook hands with the technical staff,
giving and receiving "ありがとうございました" with a sincere bow.
It ended
when I rushed to the party, surrounded with people busy
taking photos or asking for signatures;
when I ran all the way to give all the advertising stuff to Yan'an,
hugging him silently, too sentimental to say a word;
when I, on my way back home, was eager
to record something, the performance or my feelings,
only to find my mobile phone ran out of battery.
It ended
when today I slept till noon before we had lunch of celebration together;
when I, several hours ago, suddenly began to miss
that marvelous dance designed and performed by 上岛雪夫;
and when I am now missing the regular telephone calls to and from Yan,
millions of them, always including the earliest and the latest of my day.
It ended,
though I feel it's still on.
舞台上演员谢幕的时候，我让字幕跳转到开头，反复地打“2007中日文化体育交流年”和“中日三杰舞荟萃”这两行。迟迟不愿意打出“感谢观看”这四个字。
仿佛这样，就可以把演出的时间留得更长一些。就好像一个看完了美丽烟花的孩子，贪恋着空气中烟花的味道，不愿离去。
老板打电话给我，问我怎么还不去酒会，要赶不上拍照了。我笑说后台一堆事儿呢，借来的大鼓要运走，地胶要打包运走，日方拆台也可能需要帮忙翻译协调；但其实，我只是，想在后台再呆一会儿。
我的一个好朋友曾经这样描绘过烟花：“如果这一瞬是如此绚烂，那么之前和之后黯淡或空寂的天空都是可以忍受的。”这也正是我对这场演出的感受。
拥抱。会想念，并正在想念。
诚挚祝愿21日北京的演出顺利、成功~