The Room Where It Happens - Leslie Odom Jr./Lin-Manuel Miranda/Daveed Diggs/Okieriete Onaodowan/Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

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Lyrics by：Lin-Manuel Miranda

Composed by：Lin-Manuel Miranda

Ah Mister Secretary

国务卿先生

Mister Burr sir

伯尔先生

Did'ya hear the news about good old General Mercer

No

你听说过德高望重的老将军梅瑟的事迹吗

没有

You know clermont street

那你知道克莱蒙特大道吗

Yeah

当然

They renamed it after him the Mercer legacy is secure

现在以他的名字重新命名了 梅瑟将军的英名将流芳百世

Sure

当然

And all he had to do was die

这一切都是他用生命换来的

That's a lot less work

这可是一劳永逸的事情

We oughta give it a try

我们也应该试一试

Ha

Now how're you gonna get your debt plan through

你打算怎么让你的债务提案通过呢

I guess I'm gonna fin'ly have to listen to you

看起来我得听听你的建议了

Really

真的吗

Talk less smile more

少说话 多微笑

Ha

Do whatever it takes to get my plan on the congress floor

只要能让国会通过我的计划 我会不惜一切代价

Now Madison and Jefferson are merciless

但现在麦迪逊和杰斐逊不给我留一点情面

Well hate the sin love the sinner

我一直对事不对人

Hamilton

汉密尔顿

I'm sorry burr I've gotta go

很抱歉 伯尔 我得走了

But

不过

Decisions are happening over dinner

晚宴上会有所定论的

Two Virginians and an immigrant walk into a room

两个弗吉尼亚人和一个移民者走进了房间

Diametric'ly opposed foes

They emerge with a compromise having opened doors that were

他们原本是针锋相对的对手

但最后他们各退一步 向对方敞开了

Previously closed

那扇久闭的大门

Bros

兄弟

The immigrant emerges with unprecedented financial power

移民者拥有了空前的财力

A system he can shape however he wants

他们可以随心所欲地重塑整个体系

The Virginians emerge with the nation's capital

弗吉尼亚希望成为国家首都的所在地

And here's the pièce de résistance

不过接下来才是重点

No one else was in

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

No one else was in

这场谈判 无他人在场

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

No one really knows how the game is played

没人真正知道这场游戏如何运作

The art of the trade

How the sausage gets made

筹码如何交换的

决策如何得出

We just assume that it happens

我们只知道这一切确实发生了

But no one else is in

但这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happens

这场谈判 无他人在场

Thomas claims

Alexander was on Washington's doorstep one day

托马斯声称

亚历山大有一天去拜访华盛顿

In distress 'n disarray

他当时正深陷困境之中

Thomas claims

托马斯声称

Alexander said

当时亚历山大对他说

I've nowhere else to turn

我已经走投无路了 只能求助你了

And basic'ly begged me to join the fray

他恳求我助他一臂之力

Thomas claims

托马斯声称

I approached Madison and said

我找到麦迪逊并对他说

I know you hate 'im but

我知道你讨厌他

Let's hear what he has to say

但先听听他要说什么

Thomas claims

Well I arranged the meeting

托马斯声称

我安排了一场会面

I arranged the menu the venue the seating

也安排好了菜品 场地和座位

But

但是

No one else was in

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

这场谈判 无他人在场

No one else was in

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

No one really knows how the

这场谈判 无他人在场

没人知道两个党派

Parties get to yes

是如何达成一致的

The pieces that are sacrificed in

以及谁才是

Ev'ry game of chess

棋局中的弃子

We just assume that it happens

我们只知道这一切确实发生了

But no one else is in

The room where it happens

这场谈判 无他人在场

这场谈判 无他人在场

Meanwhile

与此同时

Madison is grappling with the fact

麦迪逊仍在努力扭转这个事实

That not ev'ry issue can be settled by committee

那就是不是所有问题都能通过委员会解决

Meanwhile

与此同时

Congress is fighting over where to put the capital

国会为了首都所在地吵得不可开交

It isn't pretty

场面非常难堪

Then Jefferson approaches with a dinner and invite

然后杰斐逊就邀请众人参加晚宴

And Madison responds with Virginian insight

麦迪逊以弗吉尼亚人的视角回应说

Maybe we can solve one problem with another

或许我们可以实现双赢

And win a victory for the Southerners in other words

换句话说 就是通过等价交换

Oh ho

A quid pro quo

为南方赢得胜利

I suppose

我觉得这是可行的

Wouldn't you like to work a little closer to home

难道你不想有一个离家近一点的工作吗

Actually I would

说实话 我就是这么想的

Well I propose the Potomac

那么如果我提议定在波托马克

And you'll provide him his votes

Well we'll see how it goes

你会投票赞成吗

让我们看看接下来会发生什么

Let's go

让我们看看接下来会发生什么

No

这场谈判 无他人在场

One else was in

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

No one else was in

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

My God

这场谈判 无他人在场

上帝啊

In God we trust

看在上帝的份上 我们无可质疑

But we'll never really know what got discussed

但我们真的不知道他们到底讨论了什么

Click boom then it happened

一切已尘埃落定

And no one else was in the room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

Alexander Hamilton

亚历山大汉密尔顿

What did they say to you to get you

他们到底对你说了什么

To sell New York City down the river

让你出卖了纽约

Alexander Hamilton

亚历山大汉密尔顿

Did Washington know about the dinner

华盛顿知道晚宴的事情吗

Was there Presidential pressure to deliver

Alexander Hamilton

是否迫于总统的压力

亚历山大汉密尔顿

Or did you know even then it doesn't matter

还是你觉得首都定在哪里

Where you put the US capital

都无所谓

'Cause we'll have the banks

因为我们会拥有银行

We're in the same spot

我们并没有什么影响

You got more than you gave

你得到的成果远超你的付出

And I wanted what I got

我也得到了我想要的一切

When you got skin in the game you stay in the game

不入虎穴 焉得虎子

But you don't get a win unless you play in the game

如果你置身事外 就永远无法赢得胜利

Oh you get love for it you get hate for it

会有人爱你 也会有人憎恨你

You get nothing if you

Wait for it wait for it wait

但如果你一直在观望

你将一无所有

God help and forgive me

上帝啊 帮帮我吧 宽恕我吧

I wanna build

我希望能有所建树

Something that's gonna

让我

Outlive me

流芳百世

What do you want burr

你想要什么 伯尔

What do you want burr

你想要什么 伯尔

If you stand for nothing

伯尔 你从不表态

Burr then what do you fall for

那你到底想要什么

I

我

Wanna be in

The room where it happens

希望可以

参与决策

The room where it happens

参与决策

I

我

Wanna be in

希望可以

The room where it happens

参与决策

The room where it happens

参与决策

I

我

Wanna be

希望可以

In the room where it happens

参与决策

I

我

I wanna be in the room

Where it happens

希望可以

参与决策

The room where it happens

参与决策

I wanna be in the room

我希望可以

Where it happens

参与决策

The room where it happens

参与决策

The room where it happen

No one else was in

参与决策

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The room where it happened

这场谈判 无他人在场

The art of the compromise

Hold your nose and close your eyes

只会一味地妥协

屏住呼吸 紧闭双眼

We want our leaders to save the day

我们一直希望我们的领袖有一天能拯救我们

But we don't get a say in what they trade away

但我们无权过问他们的交易

We dream of a brand new start

我们期望能有一个崭新的开始

But we dream in the dark for the most part

但大多数时候我们都是在做白日梦 永远不见天日

Dark as a tomb where it happens

I've got to be in

像墓穴般黑暗

我希望可以

The room where it happens

参与决策

I've got to be the room where it happens

我希望可以参与决策

I've got to be the room where it happens

我希望可以参与决策

Oh I've got to be in

我希望可以

The room where it happens

参与决策

I've got to be I've gotta be

我希望可以

The room where it happened

参与决策

In the room

参与决策

In the room where it happened

参与决策

Click boom

但一切早已尘埃落定