How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a，

為何一個私生子、孤兒、J女和，

Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a，

蘇格蘭佬的兒子，

Forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence，

降生于加勒比海的一片荒蕪，

Impoverished, in squalor，

家徒四壁，潦倒困苦，

Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

最終能夠成為一個偉人與學(xué)界巨富？

The ten-dollar founding father without a father，

十美元上喪父的國父，

Got a lot farther by working a lot harder，

以己之力求索人生之路，

By being a lot smarter，

憑借稟異天賦，

By being a self-starter，

依靠自學(xué)以塑，

By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a，

在十四歲，眾人請他掌管，

Trading charter，

貿(mào)易財務(wù)，

And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted，

每一日目睹黑奴慘遭屠戮，運進船庫，遠渡海陸，

Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up，

他時刻飽受掙扎，警惕如臨深谷，

Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of，

內(nèi)心中卻在尋找一種信仰來守護，

The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter，

這小子已經(jīng)準(zhǔn)備去討去偷去借或乖乖做一個商戶，

Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned，

此時一場颶風(fēng)襲來，留下遍地尸骸，

Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain，

這兄弟眼望自己的未來，似要墜入陰霾，

Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain，

于是提筆抵著太陽穴，連接向他的腦海，

And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain，

寫下了他第一首詩篇，自己苦難的頌贊，

Well, the word got around, they said, “This kid is insane, man”，

作品傳頌開來，人道這孩子真挺不賴，

Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland，

快送他到本土大陸，為他籌筆錢財，

“Get your education, don’t forget from whence you came, and，

去上學(xué)吧，別忘了自己從何處而來，

The world is gonna know your name. What’s your name, man?”，

這世界將會聽聞你的名字, 你叫什么，現(xiàn)在登臺——，

Alexander Hamilton，

亞歷山大·漢密爾頓，

My name is Alexander Hamilton，

我叫亞歷山大·漢密爾頓，

And there’s a million things I haven’t done，

這里還有千萬未竟之事為我等待，

But just you wait, just you wait...

只請你們等著看，你們等著看..

(That's all I've learned so far.)