He was a celebrity, sometimes a self-parody, a hearty friend, an implacable foe, a man of large faith and large flaws, a melancholy character who persevered, drank deeply and sang loudly.

他是个名人，有时会夸张地自嘲；他也是一个真挚热情的朋友，一个不可阻挡的对手，一个信得坚决，错得执拗的男人；他性格忧郁，坚忍不拔，大口喝酒，放声歌唱。

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Sometimes, however, an ineffable melancholy springs up from inside, and I meditate a lot about life.

而有时心中便会有一种莫名伤感的情绪，对人生充满了感叹。

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Sometimes the chords were sonorous and melancholy. Occasionally they were fantastic and cheerful.

有时琴声高亢而忧郁，有时又古怪而欢畅。

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He feels lucky most of the time, though sometimes, he can't shed the melancholy that blankets him.

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Sometimes Bebe came on his own, with his riding clothes and his notebooks, in which he wrote vaguely melancholy stories with vaguely crime-related plots.

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