Who Lives， Who Dies， Who Tells Your Story

Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

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Let me tell you

让我告诉你

what I wish I'd known

我多希望年少时就能知晓

When I was young and dreamed of glory

当我青春年少 梦想功勋荣耀

You have no control

你无从掌控

who lives who dies

谁生谁死

who tells your story

谁人传唱你的故事

President Jefferson

杰斐逊总统

I'll give him this

这点我必须承认

his financial system is a work of genius

他建立的金融体系 堪称天才之作

I couldn't undo it if I tried

我想推翻也无力回天

and I tried

而我确实尝试过

Who lives who dies who tells your story

谁生谁死 谁人传唱你的故事

President Madison he took our country

麦迪逊总统 他引领国家

from bankruptcy to prosperity

从濒临破产走向繁荣富足

I hate to admit it

虽不情愿承认

But he doesn't get enough credit

但他建立的信用体系功不可没

for all the credit he gave us

功劳却未得到足够称颂

Who lives who dies who tells your story

谁生谁死 谁人传唱你的故事

Every other founding father story gets told

其他开国元勋 事迹皆被传颂

Every other founding father gets to grow old

其他开国元勋 都能安享余年

But when you're gone

但当你离世

who remembers your name

谁还记得你的姓名

Who keeps your flame

谁来传递你的薪火

who tells your story

谁人传唱你的故事

Who tells your story

谁人传唱你的故事

who tells your story

谁人传唱你的故事

Eliza I put myself back in the narrative

伊莱莎 让我重新把自己写进史书

Eliza please stop wasting time on tears

伊莱莎 别再在泪水中虚度光阴

I live another fifty years it's not enough

我多活了五十载 仍觉不够

Eliza I interview every soldier

伊莱莎 我寻访每位曾与你

who fought by your side

并肩奋战的士兵

she tells our story

她传颂我们的故事

I try to make sense of your

我试图理清你那

thousands of pages of writings

浩如烟海的手稿字迹

You really do write like

你奋笔疾书的样子

you're running out of time

真似在与时间赛跑

I rely on angelica

我仰仗安杰莉卡

While she's alive

趁她尚在人间

we tell your story

我们传颂你的故事

She is buried in Trinity Church

她长眠于三一教堂

near you

在你身旁

When I needed her most

当我最需她之时

she was right on time

她总及时出现

And I'm still not through

而我仍未停歇

I ask myself what would you do

我常自问 若你时间充裕

if you had more time

又会如何行事

The Lord in his kindness

仁慈的上天

He gives me what you always wanted

赐予你曾渴求之物

He gives me more time

他赐予我更多光阴

I raise funds in D.C.

我在华盛顿筹款

for the Washington Monument

是为了建造华盛顿纪念碑

She tells my story

她传颂我的故事

I speak out against slavery

我挺身反对奴隶制度

You could have done

若时间足够

so much more if you only had time

你定能成就更多伟业

And when my time is up

当我的大限来临

have I done enough

我问心无愧了吗

Will they tell our story

后人会传颂我们的故事吗

Oh can I show you

可否让你看看

what I'm proudest of

我此生最骄傲的成就

The orphanage

那所孤儿院

I established the first private orphanage

我在纽约城创立了

in New York City

首家私立孤儿院

The orphanage

那所孤儿院

I help to raise hundreds of children

我助养了成百上千的孩童

I get to see them growing up

看着他们茁壮成长

the orphanage

那所孤儿院

In their eyes I see you Alexander

孩子们眼中映着你身影 亚历山大

I see you every time

每次凝望 都如见你容颜

And when my time is up

当我的大限来临

have I done enough

我问心无愧了吗

Will they tell my story

后人会传颂我的故事吗

Oh I can't wait to see you again

盼重逢 望眼欲穿

It's only a matter of time

重逢之日 终会来临

Will they tell your story

后人会传颂你的故事吗

Time

时光啊

Who lives who dies who tells your story

谁生谁死 谁人传唱你的故事

Time

时光啊

Will they tell your story

后人会传颂你的故事吗

Time

时光啊

Who lives who dies who tells your story

谁生谁死 谁人传唱你的故事