《汉密尔顿》2020 原版百老汇制作录音 · 11
The Adams Administration
伯尔
How does Hamilton, the short-tempered
汉密尔顿——这个脾气暴躁、
protean creator of the Coast Guard
才干多面、又一手创建海岸警卫队，
Founder of the New York Post
《纽约邮报》的创办人——
ardently abuse his cabinet post, destroy his reputation?
究竟如何滥用内阁职位，又满腔热忱地毁掉自己的名声？
Ensemble群演
Welcome, folks, to the Adams administration!
诸位，欢迎来到亚当斯政府！
伯尔
Jefferson's the runner-up, which makes him the vice president
杰斐逊屈居第二，于是当上副总统。
杰斐逊
Washington can't help you now, no more Mr. Nice President
如今华盛顿帮不了你了，“好好先生总统”已经退场。
伯尔
Adams fires Hamilton
亚当斯解除了汉密尔顿的职务；
Privately calls him "creole bastard" in his taunts
私下讥讽他是“克里奥尔杂种”。
汉密尔顿
Say what?
你说什么？
伯尔
Hamilton publishes his response
汉密尔顿随即发表文章回击。
汉密尔顿
Sit down, John, you fat mother—
坐下吧，约翰，你这个肥胖的混——
杰斐逊
Hamilton's out of control.
汉密尔顿彻底失控了。
麦迪逊
This is great. He's out of power, he holds no office,
妙极了。他已经失势，手里没有任何公职，
杰斐逊
and he just destroyed President John Adams,
却刚刚亲手毁掉约翰·亚当斯总统——
麦迪逊
the only other significant member of his party.
他们党内仅剩的另一位重要人物。
杰斐逊
Hamilton is a host unto himself.
汉密尔顿一个人就自成一派。
As long as he can hold a pen, he's a threat.
只要他还握得住笔，他就是威胁。
伯尔
Let's let him know what we know.
那就让他知道，我们掌握了什么。