歌词
Nina:I used to think we live at the top of the world
Nina:当世界只是一张地铁线路图时
When the world was just a subway map
我曾经认为我们在世界之巅
And the One-slash-Nine climbed a dotted line to my place
1/9号线在图上通过虚线与我家相连
Benny:There's no Nine train now
Benny:现在已经没有九号线了
Nina:Right
Nina:是啊
I used to think the Bronx was a place in the sky
当世界只是一张地铁线路图时
When the world was just a subway map
我曾经认为布朗克斯是天空之城
And my thoughts took shape
在防火梯上
on that fire escape
我的思想逐渐成型
Can you remind me of what it was like
你能提醒我
at the top of the world?
站在世界之巅是什么样的感觉吗?
Benny:Come with me
Benny:跟我来
We begin July with a stop at my corner fire hydrant
我们以重访街角消防栓的方式来开启七月
Nina:You would open it every summer
Nina:你每个夏天都会打开它
Benny:I would bust it with a wrench
Benny:我用扳手把它弄开
Till my face got drenched
直到我的脸庞被浸湿
Till I heard the sirens
直到我听到警报声
Then I ran like hell!
然后我就拼命地逃跑
Nina:You ran like hell!
Nina:你就拼命地逃跑!
Benny:Yeah I ran like hell
Benny:是啊,我跑的很快
Nina:I remember well!
Nina:我记得很清楚!
Benny:To your father's dispatch window
Benny:我跑到你父亲的调度窗口下大喊
"Hey, let me in, yo"
“嘿,让我进去,”
"They are coming to get me!"
“他们来抓我了!”
Nina:You were always in constant trouble
Nina:你总是在不断地惹麻烦
Benny:Then your dad would act all snide
Benny:然后你父亲就会假装很坏
but he let me hide
但他依然会帮我躲起来
You'd be there inside
你那时就在屋里
Nina:Life was easier then
Nina:生活那时候很简单
Benny:Nina, everything is easier when you are home
Benny:Nina,当你回家后,一切都会更简单
The streets are little kinder cause you are home
街道因你的回归而变得更加友善
Can't you see?
你感受不到吗?
That the day seems clearer
天空因你而更晴朗
Now that you are here or it is me...
难道这只是我一个人的看法...
Maybe it's just me
也许这只是我一个人的看法
We gotta go I wanna show you all I know
跟我来,我要为你展示我知道的一切
The sun is setting and the light is getting low
太阳正在落山,天色也在变暗
Nina:Are we going to Castle Garden?
Nina:我们要去卡斯尔村吗?
Benny:Maybe, maybe not, but way to take a shot, when the day is hot
Benny:也许,也许不去,天气很热的时候,那里是喝一杯的好地方
I got a perfect shady spot a little ways away that oughta
不过我知道有个离这有点远的绝佳地点
cool us down
那里能让我们凉快下来
Nina:Cool us down!
Nina:让我们凉快下来!
Benny:Welcome back to town!
Benny:欢迎回到镇里!
Nina:Now back in high school when it darkened
Nina:在高中时,当天黑以后
you'd hang out in Bennett Park and
你会在Bennett公园玩耍
Benny:Usnavi would bring his radio
Benny:Usnavi会带着他的收音机
Nina:As I walked home from senior studies
Nina:当我从补习班放学回家
I'd see you rapping with your buddies
我会看到你和兄弟们一起说唱
Benny:With the volume high
Benny:超大声的说唱
Nina:I walked on by
Nina:我从你们身边走过
Benny:You walked on by
Benny:你从我们身边走过
(No pare, Sigue! Sigue!)
(不要停,前进,前进!)
(When you are home)
(当你回家以后)
Benny:Oh. the summer nights are cooler
Benny:夏夜也变得更加凉爽
(When you are home)
(当你回家以后)
Nina:Now that you are here with me
Nina:在这里,我们在一起
Benny:And the song you are hearing
Benny:你现在听到的这首歌
is the neighborhood just cheering you along
是邻居们在庆贺你的归来
Nina:Don't say that
Nina:别这么说
Benny:What's wrong?
Benny:怎么了?
Nina:Don't say that!
Nina:别这么说!
When I was younger
当我小的时候
I'd imagine what would happen
我会想象如果我的父母留在了波多黎各
If my parents had stayed in Puerto Rico?
会发生什么?
Who would I be
如果我没有见过曼哈顿,
if I had never seen Manhattan?
我会成为什么样的人?
If I lived in Puerto Rico with my people?
如果我和我的同胞一起生活在波多黎各又会如何?
My people
我的同胞们
I feel like all my life i've tried to find the answer
我感觉我一生都在寻找一个答案
Working harder, learning Spanish, learning all I can
努力工作、学习西班牙语、学习我可以学到的一切
I thought I might find the answers out at Stanford
我以为我可以在斯坦福找到答案
But I'd stare out at the sea
但我迷茫地眺望着大海
Thinking, where am I supposed to be?
想着,我应该去向何方?
So please don't say you are proud of me
所以当我迷失方向的时候
when I've lost my way...
请不要说你为我感到骄傲...
Benny:Then can I say
Benny:那我能不能说
I couldn't get my mind off you all day
我无法停止对你的想念
Now listen to me
现在请听我说
That may be how you perceive it
这可能仅仅是你的感觉
but Nina, please believe
但Nina,请你相信
That when you find your way again
当你再度找到人生方向
You are gonna change the world and then
你就能改变世界
We are all gonna brag and say we knew you when
我们都将吹嘘自己当年就认识你
This was your home
这里就是你的家
Nina:I'm home
Nina:我到家了
Benny:Welcome home!
Benny:欢迎回家!
Nina:When you are here with me
Nina:当你在这里,和我在一起
Benny:Welcome home!
Benny:欢迎回家!
Nina:I used to think we live at the top of the world
Nina:我曾经认为我们在世界之巅
Benny:Welcome home!
Benny:欢迎回家!
Nina:I'm home!
Nina:我到家了!
Benny:You'll find me home
Benny:你会在家找到我
Nina:I'm home
Nina:我到家了
专辑信息
1.In The Heights
2.Benny's Dispatch
3.Breathe (feat. Rubén Blades and Doreen Montalvo)
4.No Me Diga
5.It Won't Be Long Now
6.96,000
7.Piragua
8.When You're Home
9.Blackout
10.Paciencia Y Fe
11.When The Sun Goes Down
12.Champagne
13.Home All Summer (feat. Marc Anthony)
14.The Club
15.Alabanza
16.Carnaval Del Barrio
17.Finale