Stay Alive

歌词

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