I just spotted this translated article on the Web and thought that it warrants a re-post here on SK….

This is an open letter to the 9 ladies from an unknown SONE who recently passed away from a terminal illness. Full credit goes to the efforts of the various writers and translators, who took the time and effort to bring this piece of extremely thoughtful literature to the attention of the International SONE community. Kamsahamnida.

(Please read it and ponder the words of the original writer because it certainly puts into perspective the love that us SONEs show to the 9 Ladies).

The verbatim post in full:

Last Words of a SONE to SNSD

The following is a blog/diary entry by a terminally ill SONE in July 2011, just weeks before SNSD’s solo concerts.

To: Girls’ Generation

You will probably never know who I am..

And you will probably never be able to read this.. ^^

But there’s someone who always diligently reposts my words so perhaps there is a chance.

I first saw you… September 2007… such a long time ago, right?

I bet you guys must also cringe at how you were back then…

Up until then, I had never been a fan of anything…

So how did I end up liking you so much?

I became addicted to cigarettes despite having been in ill-health

and I came to like you guys so much that I began to regret this,

When the first SONE fanclub membership was open… I wondered what the point of going that far would be.

To this day, I regret not joining… and last year, I could not because I came down with a sudden illness…

I regret so much that I couldn’t be more active in supporting you.

I realised too late how amazing it is to hang out with people, the SONE, who loved you and thought dearly of you as much as I did…

And 2008, when joy became horror… I had nobody to console or to be consoled by

But I stoically waited for you. And when it passed… and I saw the teaser for ‘Gee’

I cried silently.

Thank you.. Thank you so much.. Thank you for returning to our side..

But as you began your activities and I came to see you more often…

I began to forget to take care of my own body..

This would have been the first, and last, solo concert that I could have attended..

I’m sorry.. sorry that I don’t even have the strength to attend them now.

From the beginning to the end… I love you all… I wanted to see you…

I have never said “Right now, it’s Girls’ Generation” to you…

And so from now on, as long as my eyes are open and I still breathe, I will keep regretting…

I am not sad that I may have to go to America…

You guys are really famous now… no matter where I go, I can still hear news about you.

To you… I am just one of the hundreds of thousands of SONE…

In a concert arena, I am just one of the hundreds of SONE chanting for you…

On your birthday, I’m just one of the the hundreds of SONE writing letters to you…

Despite all that, I still like it all…

Because I feel your love…

I feel myself thinking so dearly of you, loving you…

Have I ever been a fan of anything this much in my life?

In the precious little time I have left, will I stop being this much of a fan ?

I don’t think so.

You know, even if I’m just one of

Hundreds of thousands… hundreds… I don’t mind.

SONE who say “I love you all forever”…

These really are the amazing people…

I don’t know if anyone else will see me like this, too…

But however I appear… but SNSD! You… all you need to know is this:

No matter where you are, no mater what you do…

We will be cheering you on.

Congratulations on your second solo concert… and I hope that you will stay healthy this year, too.

From,

a SONE among hundreds of thousands

Source: 내사랑단신님. (bestiz)

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This person successfully got the tickets to the concert, but was unable to attend. This was because they had to go to America on July 23rd for a last-chance medical treatment, with the SONE saying that this may be the end of the road.

We have not heard from them since.

I have been asked to spread this as wide as possible.

K-SONE are doing their part and spreading this post… so that SNSD can read the final words of a person who loved them so dearly and fulfill the dying wishes of a fellow SONE.

Translated and written by oniontaker @soshified.com