Stay Alive

Stay Alive - Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

(《汉密尔顿》音乐剧插曲)

Stay alive

活下来

Stay alive

活下来

I have never seen the General so despondent

我从未见过将军如此低落

I have taken over writing all his correspondence

他的信件全部让我代笔

Congress writes George attack the British forces

国会来信 乔治 向英军进攻

I shoot back we have resorted to eating our horses

我回信说 我们已没有了粮草 维持生命都难

Local merchants deny us equipment assistance

当地商人拒绝提供武器和援助

They only take British money so sing a song of sixpence

他们只收英镑 来唱一首六便士之歌

The cavalry's not coming

骑士团久久不到

But sir

长官

Alex listen

亚历山大 听着

There's only one way for us to win this

要打胜仗 别无他法

Provoke outrage outright

激起民愤 点燃举国怒火

That's right

没错

Don't engage strike by night

别正面交战 夜间偷袭

Remain relentless 'til their troops take flight

恪守战术 直到英军撤退

Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight

要让英军承担不起战争的开销

Outrun

加速快跑

Outrun

加速快跑

Outlast

坚持下去

Outlast

坚持下去

Hit 'em quick get out fast

火速出击 火速撤离

Chick-a-plao

他们被打得落花流水

Stay alive 'til this horror show is past

坚持下去 直到恐慌过去

We're gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast

我们会下半旗 致敬亡者

Raise a glass

举杯吧

I go back to New York and my apprenticeship

我回到纽约 继续当学徒

I ask for French aid I pray that France has sent a ship

我向法国求援 希望他们送来舰队

I stay at work with Hamilton

我和汉密尔顿并肩奋战

We write essays against slavery

我们写下废奴的宣言

And every day's a test of our camaraderie

每一天都是对友谊

And bravery

和勇气的考验

We cut supply lines we steal contraband

我们切断供给线 盗窃走私货

We pick and choose our battles and places to take a stand

我们决定何时何地开战

And ev'ry day

每一天

Sir entrust me with a command

长官 请允许我带兵

And ev'ry day

每一天

No

不

He dismisses me out of hand

他总是断然拒绝

Stay alive

活下来

Instead of me

冷落我

He promotes

反而提拔了

Charles Lee

查尔斯·李

Makes him second-in-command

任命他为副指挥

I'm a General

我是将军了

Whee

Yeah

He's not the choice I would have gone with

如果是我 我才不会提拔他

He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth

他在蒙茅斯战役中吓得屁滚尿流

Ev'ryone attack

全体进攻

Retreat

撤退

Attack

进攻

Retreat

撤退

What are you doing Lee

李将军你干什么呢

Get back on your feet

回来继续战斗

But there's so many of them

但他们人多势众

I'm sorry is this not your speed

你说什么 你无能为力

Hamilton

汉密尔顿

Ready sir

是 长官

Have Lafayette take the lead

让拉法叶领军

Yes sir

是 长官

A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree heat

数以千计的士兵在酷暑中死亡

As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat

我们打成平手 险胜一筹

Charles Lee was left behind

查尔斯·李处境艰难

Without a pot to piss in

身败名裂 无处发泄

He started sayin' this to anybody who would listen

于是他开始对所有人满口胡言

Washington cannot be left alone to his devices

华盛顿绝无能力 独挑大任

Indecisive from crisis to crisis

他优柔寡断 危机面前无计可施

The best thing he can do for the revolution

为革命着想

Is turn n' go back to plantin' tobacco in Mount Vernon

他最好回弗农山老家种烟草

Oo

Don't do a thing History will prove him wrong

无需多事 历史会证明他是错的

But sir

但是 长官

We have a war to fight let's move along

眼下还有一场仗要打 朝前看吧

Strong words from Lee someone oughta hold him to it

可他口出狂言 总有人得管管

I can't disobey direct orders

我无法违抗军令

Then I'll do it

那我来吧

Alexander you're the closest friend I've got

亚历山大 你是我最好的朋友

Laurens do not throw away your shot

劳伦斯 不要浪费良机