Pourtant, decouvrir la gentillesse

But yet, to learn of kindness

apres tant de mechanete

after so much unkindness

et voir qu’une petite fille, ayant plus de courage qu’elle ne le croyait

to understand that a little girl with more courage than she knew

verrait ses prieres exaucees

would find her prayers were answered

n’est-ce pas cela qu’on appelle le bonheur?

Can that not be called happiness?

Apres tout, ce ne sont ni les memoires d’une imperatrice

After all, these are not the memoirs of an empress

Ce Sont les memoires d’un autre genre

These are memoirs of another kind.

-Memoirs of a Geisha