歌词与中文翻译
How does a bastard orphan
一个野种,孤儿
Son of a whore and a Scotsman
荡妇生的苏格兰后裔
Dropped in the middle of a
冥冥之中降生于
Forgotten spot in the Caribbean
加勒比海的不毛之地
By providence
肮脏落魄
Impoverished in squalor
一贫如洗
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
如何成长为一代之子,一代传奇?
The ten-dollar founding father without a father
十美元的国父,被父亲抛弃
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
却天道酬勤,他出人头地
By being a lot smarter
凭借天资聪颖
By being a self-starter
凭借自强自立
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
刚到十四岁就掌管公司的远洋贸易
And every day, while slaves were being slaughtered
每天无数奴隶被屠杀虐待
And carted away across the waves
漂洋过海被人贩卖
He struggled and kept his guard up
亚历山大不愿同流,坚守自己的看法
Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of
他内心渴望一个归属,一个家
The brother was ready to beg steal borrow or barter
他早已做好了准备巧取豪夺,讨价还价
Then a hurricane came and devastation reigned
突然一场飓风来袭,家乡满目疮痍
Our man saw his future drip-dripping down the drain
此君眼见自己的前途也要随波飘离
Put a pencil to his temple connected it to his brain
于是他动了动脑子,拿起一支笔
And he wrote his first refrain a testament to his pain
发表了他第一篇诗作,倾吐心中疾诉
Well, the world got around they said: ''This kid is insane, man''
消息传开,人们说到:这个孩子太厉害了
Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland
家乡筹款送他去了北美
Get your education don't forget from whence you came
去上学吧,别忘了这是我们给你的机会
And the world is gonna know your name
你将扬名立万大有作为
What's your name, man?
说吧 你是谁?
Alexander Hamilton
亚历山大·汉密尔顿
My name is Alexander Hamilton
我是亚历山大·汉密尔顿
And there is a million things I haven't done
我那数不清的事迹从此讲起
But just you wait just you wait
你别着急,看仔细
When he was ten his father split ,full of it, debt-ridden
十岁时,父亲出走,留下负债累累
Two years later,see Alex and his mother bed-ridden
两年后,母亲重病,与他共卧病榻
Half-dead sitting in their own sick,the scent thick
在病房中忍受污浊空气与病害
And Alex got better but his mother went quick
亚历山大痊愈了,他的母亲却走得很快
Moved in with a cousin,the cousin committed suicide
过继到了表兄家,表兄却又自杀
Left him with nothing but ruined pride,something new inside
没留任何东西给他,除了傲骨上新添的伤疤
A voice saying
一个声音浮现
''Alex you gotta fend for yourself''
亚历山大,你只能依靠自己
He started retreating and reading every treatise on the shelf
他忍住哭泣,开始贪婪地嗜学古今
There would have been nothing left to do for someone less astute
也许他的生命将浑浑而度,若无他这种才赋
He would've been dead or destitute
他或将死去或活于困苦
Without a cent of restitution
承受不住一分的债务
Started working, clerking for his late mother's landlord
但他却自力更生,为已故母亲的房东记账做工
Trading sugarcane and rum and all the things he can't afford
打理着他付不起的甘蔗和朗姆酒的买卖来谋生
Scamming for every book he can get his hands on
嗜读着他所能碰到的每一本书
Planning for the future see him now as he stands on
憧憬着未来,现在他终于站上
The bow of a ship headed for a new land
一艘航船,驶向新大陆的海港
In New York you can be a new man
在纽约,你将脱胎换骨大不一样
In New York you can be a new man
在纽约你将脱胎换骨
In New York you can be a new man
脱胎换骨
In New York you can be a new man
大不一样
In New York, just you wait!
在纽约,你们等着看!
Alexander Hamilton
亚历山大·汉密尔顿
Alexander Hamilton
亚历山大·汉密尔顿
We are waiting in the wings for you
我们在舞台上等你到来
You could never back down
你永远都停不下自己的脚步
You never learned to take your time!
你永远都学不会别再把自己催促!
Oh Alexander Hamilton
哦,亚历山大·汉密尔顿
Alexander Hamilton
亚历山大·汉密尔顿
When America sings for you
当美利坚为你歌颂
Will they know what you overcame?
他们可知你所经历的这些?
Will they know you rewrote the game?
他们可知是你重写了一切?
The world will never be the same
这世界将改变得轰轰烈烈
The ship is in the harbor now
船已经驶进港
See if you can spot him
看聚光灯是否已落于他身上
Another immigrant
一个移民小子
Coming up from the bottom
从底层攀爬而上
His enemies destroyed his rep
他被敌人搞得臭不可当
America forgot him
美利坚又将他遗忘
We fought with him
我们与他并肩厮杀
Me, I died for him
我,我殉命正为了他
Me, I trusted him
我,我信任他
Me, I loved him
我,我爱他
And me?
而我?
I'm the damn fool that shot him
我就是那个蠢货,一枪崩了他
There is a million things that I haven't done
还有千万未竟之事为我等待
But just you wait!
只请你们等着看!
What's your name, man?
你叫什么,小子?
Alexander Hamilton!
亚历山大·汉密尔顿!