The World Was Wide Enough

The World Was Wide Enough - Leslie Odom Jr./Lin-Manuel Miranda (林-曼努尔·米兰达)/Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

One two three four five six seven eight nine

一二三四五六七八九

There are ten things you need to know

你应该知道十件事情

Number one

第一

We rowed across the hudson at dawn

我们黎明时分划船渡过哈德逊

My friend william p van ness signed on as my

我的朋友 威廉凡内斯担任我的副手

Number two

第二

Hamilton arrived with his crew

汉密尔顿带来了他的人

Nathaniel pendleton and a doctor that he knew

纳撒尼尔彭德尔顿和一位他熟识的医生

Number three

第三

I watched hamilton examine the terrain

我看着汉密尔顿观察地形

I wish I could tell you what was happening in his brain

但愿我能知道他在脑子里做什么算计

This man has poisoned my political pursuits

此人对我的仕途荼毒已久

Most disputes die and no one shoots

不用开火 争执大多能平息

Number four

第四

Hamilton drew first position looking to the world like a man on a mission

汉密尔顿作为先行军 放眼四周 好似重任在身

This is a soldier with a marksman's ability

这个军人枪法堪称神射手

The doctor turned around so he could have deniability

医生转过身 决斗过后好脱身

Five

第五

Now I didn't know this at the time but we were

现在我还不清楚局面 但现在我们已经启程

Near the same spot son died is that why

我的孩子就在不远处丧命 这就是缘由

Number six

第六

He examined his gun with such rigor

他检查武器像在拼命

I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger

我看着他技巧娴熟地调试扳机

Seven

第七

Confession time here's what I got

是时候坦白 我会告诉你

My fellow soldiers will tell you I'm a terrible shot

我的战友会说我的枪法糟糕透顶

Number eight

第八

Your last chance to negotiate

这是你最后的谈判机会

You send in your second see if they can set the record straight

派出副手 看他们能否把问题谈妥

They won't teach you this in your classes but look it up

课本不会教给你 但抬头看看

Hamilton was wearing his glasses

汉密尔顿戴上了眼镜

Why if not to take deadly aim

为什么 他是否打算一枪致命

It's him or me the world will never be the same

不是他死就是我亡 世界从此不一样

I had only one thought before the slaughter

血战当前我只有一个想法

This man will not make an orphan of my daughter

这个男人不能让我的女儿没有爸爸

Number nine

第九

Look him in the eye aim no higher

对准眼睛 别过头

Summon all the courage you require

鼓足勇气

Then count

往下数

One two three four five six seven eight nine

一二三四五六七八九

Number ten places fire

第十 站定 开火

I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory

我想象过死亡太多次 这场景太过熟悉仿佛来自回忆

Is this where it gets me on my feet several feet ahead of me

莫非就是这里 在我脚前 咫尺之距

I see it coming do I run or fire my gun or let it be

我看到死亡向我逼近 我该逃走 该开火还是该接受命运

There is no beat no melody

此刻没有节拍 没有旋律

Burr my first friend my enemy

波尔 我最初的朋友 我的宿敌

Maybe the last face I ever see

也许我弥留尘世看到的最后一人就是你

If I throw away my shot is this how you'll remember me

如果我放弃我的一击 这是否会是你对我的记忆

What if this bullet is my legacy

万一这颗子弹就是我的遗赠

Legacy what is a legacy

遗赠 什么是遗赠

It's planting seeds in a garden you never get to see

是在花园里埋下种子却不能待到花开日

I wrote some notes at the beginning of a song someone will sing for me

我在歌前写下序语 会有后人替我传唱

America you great unfinished symphony you sent for me

美利坚 你是未完成的宏伟乐章 你给我机会

You let me make a difference a place where

让我把世界变了样 即使举目无亲的移民 也能在这里

Even orphan immigrants can leave their fingerprints and rise up

白手起家 留下印记

I'm running out of time I'm running and my time's up wise up eyes up

我的时间就要耗尽 我不停奔跑 终究抵达结局

I catch a glimpse of the other side

他方世界在我的眼前出现

Laurens leads a soldier's on the other side

劳伦斯率领一支纵队在对面

My son is on the other side he's with my mother on the other side

我的儿子在对面 他和我的母亲一起在对面

Washington is watching from the other side

华盛顿站在对面注视我

Teach me how to say goodbye

教我如何说再见

Rise up rise up rise up eliza

站起来 昂首挺胸 顶天立地 伊丽莎

My love take your time I'll see you on the other side

我的挚爱 慢慢来 我会在另一个世界与你相见

Raise a glass to freedom

为了自由举起酒杯

He aims his pistol at the sky

他向着天空举起手枪

Wait

等一下

I strike him right between his ribs

我的子弹击中他的肋间

I walk towards him but I am ushered away

我向他走去 却被半路拦下

They row him back across the hudson

他们摇桨载他渡回哈德逊湾

I get a drink

我喝了一杯酒

I hear wailing in the streets

我听见街上哀嚎声响起

Somebody tells me you'd better hide

有人跟我说 你最好避避风头

They say angelica and eliza

他们说 安吉莉卡和伊丽莎

Were both at his side when he died

一同守在他的身旁看着他逝去

Death doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints

死亡面前人人平等 无论你负罪累累还是道德高尚

It takes and it takes and it takes

它来势迅猛 瞬息已至 无法逃离

History obliterates

历史容易消逝

Every picture it paints it paints me and all my mistakes

画笔纷飞一幕幕 描绘着我的过失

When alexander aimed at the sky

当亚历山大把枪对准天空

He may have been the first one to die

他也许先一步撒手人寰

But I'm the one who paid for it

却由我来为此偿还余债

I survived but I paid for it

我幸存下来 但要付出代价做交换

Now I'm the villain in your history

现在你们历史书里的罪人是我

I was too young and blind to see

那时我太年轻太盲目

I should've known I should've known

我早该知道 我早该知道

The world was wide enough for both hamilton and me

天地广阔 足以容下汉密尔顿和我

The world was wide enough for both hamilton and me

天地广阔 足以容下汉密尔顿和我