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Alexander Hamilton
BURR
How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore
and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a
forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence,
impoverished, in squalor,
grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
LAURENS
The ten-dollar founding father without a father
got a lot farther by working a lot harder,
by being a lot smarter,
by being a self-starter,
by fourteen, they placed him in charge of a
trading charter.
JEFFERSON
And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up.
Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of,
the brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow or barter.
MADISON
Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned,
our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain,
put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain,
and he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain.
BURR
Well, the word got around, they said, “This kid is insane, man”
took up a collection just to send him to the mainland.
“Get your education, don’t forget from whence you came, and
the world is gonna know your name. What’s your name, man?”
HAMILTON
Alexander Hamilton.
My name is Alexander Hamilton.
And there’s a million things I haven’t done,
but just you wait, just you wait...
ELIZA
When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden,
two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden,
half-dead sittin in their own sick, the scent thick,
COMPANY
And Alex got better but his mother went quick.
WASHINGTON
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide.
Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride, something new inside,
a voice saying,
WASHINGTON & COMPANY
“Alex, you gotta fend for yourself.”
WASHINGTON
he started retreatin’ and readin’ every treatise on the shelf.
BURR
There would have been nothin’ left to do
for someone less astute,
he woulda been dead or destitute
without a cent of restitution,
started workin’, clerkin’ for his late mother’s landlord,
tradin’ sugar cane and rum and all the things he can’t afford
scammin’ for every book he can get his hands on,
plannin’ for the future see him now as he stands on
the bow of a ship headed for a new land,
In New York you can be a new man.
COMPANY
In New York you can be a new man—
HAMILTON
Just you wait!
COMPANY
In New York you can be a new man—
HAMILTON
Just you wait!
COMPANY
In New York you can be a new man—
In New York—
New York—
HAMILTON
Just you wait!
COMPANY
Alexander Hamilton
We are waiting in the wings for you
You could never back down,
you never learned to take your time!
Oh, Alexander Hamilton
When America sings for you
Will they know what you overcame?
Will they know you rewrote the game?
The world will never be the same, oh.
BURR
The ship is in the harbor now,
see if you can spot him.
Another immigrant,
comin’ up from the bottom.
His enemies destroyed his rep,
America forgot him
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE
We fought with him.
LAURENS
Me? I died for him.
WASHINGTON
Me? I trusted him.
ELIZA/ANGELICA/MARIA
Me? I loved him.
BURR
And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him.
COMPANY
There’s a million things I haven’t done,
but just you wait!
BURR
What’s your name, man?
COMPANY
Alexander Hamilton!
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Translation#1#2
Alexander Hamilton
[AARON BURR]
¿Cómo un huérfano bastardo,
Hijo de un escocés y una puta,
Que vive en escasez y una escualidez absoluta
Dejado por dios en un cayo del Caribe perdido
Acaba por ser un héroe y erudito?
[JOHN LAURENS]
El padre fundador, él del revés
Del billete de diez, sin padre,
Salió adelante,
Con empeño y labor,
Ingenioso y emprendedor,
A los catorce años, fue contratado por un armador.
[THOMAS JEFFERSON]
Y mientras masacraban y embarcaban a los esclavos
Nuestro hombre, cada día, resistía y sin ser notado
Nutría el deseo de hacer parte de algo,
Dispuesto a mendigar, robar, trocar o pedir prestado.
[JAMES MADISON]
Luego llegó un ciclón, que provocó la devastación.
Él veía su futuro agot-(got)-ado con antelación.
Apuntó un lápiz en la frente, lo conectó a su mente
Y en una epístola evocó su desesperación.
[BURR]
"Este nene se pasó" decía la gente
Hicieron una vaca pa’ mandarlo al continente
Piensa en nosotros pero estudia seriamente, hombre
El mundo te debe conocer, dile tu nombre.
[ALEXANDER HAMILTON]
Alexander Hamilton.
Me llamo Alexander Hamilton
Y hay un montón de cosas que me quedan por hacer
Ya van a ver, ya van a ver...
[ELIZA HAMILTON]
A diez años, fue dejado por su padre vagabundo
Dos años después, allí está, con su madre, moribundos,
Postrados en la cama, el olor nauseabundo
[FULL COMPANY EXCEPT HAMILTON (whispering)]
Alex se curó; mamá se fue al otro mundo
[GEORGE WASHINGTON]
Se instaló con su primo, el primo se suicidó
Lo dejó desamparado pero algo se elucidó
Una voz que le dijo
[GEORGE WASHINGTON & COMPANY]
"Te tienes que valer por ti mismo."
[WASHINGTON]
Se retiró a un lado pa’leer todos los tratados.
[BURR]
Ahí la historia se hubiera parado
Para uno menos preparado,
Estaría muerte o despojado
Sin un centavo, pero
Entró como empleado del propietario de su difunta madre
Comerciando caña, ron y cosas fuera de su alcance
Para tener los libros que quería, inventaba cualquier plan, se
Alistaba para el futuro, mira ahora como está, se
Va en un barco hacia una nueva tierra,
En Nueva York puedes ser todo lo que quieras.
[COMPANY]
En Nueva York puedes ser todo lo que quieras
[HAMILTON]
Van a ver
[COMPANY]
En Nueva York puedes ser todo lo que quieras
[HAMILTON]
Van a ver
[COMPANY]
En Nueva York puedes ser todo lo que quieras
En Nueva York ...
Nueva York
[HAMILTON]
Van a ver
[COMPANY]
Alexander Hamilton
Te esperamos tras las bastidoras
Jamás supiste dar marcha atrás
¡Jamás aprendiste a ralentizar!
Ay, Alexander Hamilton
Cuando América te cante
¿Sabrán todo lo que superaste?
¿Las reglas que tú cambiaste?
El mundo nunca será como antes…….
[BURR]
Mira si lo ves ahora
El barco está atracado
Otro inmigrante
que quiere ser destacado
Su nombre fue manchado
Su renombre olvidado
[MULLIGAN/MADISON & LAFAYETTE/JEFFERSON]
Combatimos con él
[LAURENS/PHILIP]
¿Yo? Morí por él
[WASHINGTON]
¿Yo? Creí en él
[ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY/MARIA]
¿Yo? Lo amé…
[BURR]
¿Y yo? Soy el maldito idiota que le disparó.
[COMPANY]
Hay un montón de cosas que me quedan por hacer
Ya van a ver
[BURR]
¿Cómo te llamas?
[COMPANY]
Alexander Hamilton
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This is a poetic translation - deviations from the meaning of the original are present (extra words, extra or omitted information, substituted concepts).
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Suzy Va on 2019-08-27
Suzy Va on 2019-08-27Author's comments:
Not a native speaker, but I love translating poetry and lyrics and have focused here on rhythm and rhyme rather than translating literally.
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