Better Than Before - Original Broadway Cast of New York, New York/Emily Skinner/John Kander/Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Composed by：JOHN KANDER/LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA

Produced by：Michael Croiter/Sam Davis/Lin-Manuel Miranda/Sonia Friedman/Tom Kirdahy/Craig Balsam

Dearest son Henry

亲爱的儿子亨利

Another scorcher in the city today

今日城市依旧热浪袭人

The lovely bakery on the corner

街角那家可爱的面包店

Has finally re-opened

终于重新开张

There are trays of those butter cookies

橱窗里摆满黄油曲奇

Your favorite

你最爱的口味

Shops that were shuttered

曾经紧闭的店铺

Are coming back to life

正重获生机

A year ago I would've thought impossible

一年前我绝不敢相信

But today

但如今

Better than before you'll see

你会看见比从前更美好的景象

It's better than before I thought

比我想象中更加灿烂

Some places that we love had been lost

那些我们挚爱的场所曾消失不见

But then here they are back again

如今它们又重回眼前

And better than they were

焕发出更胜往昔的光彩

You'll see

你会明白

It's better than before

一切比从前更美好

And it's not just the places

不仅是街景焕然一新

It's the people

更是人心温暖

People you used to 'cross a street to avoid

那些曾让你绕道而行的面孔

You're happy to see again

如今重逢却满心欢喜

New faces in the neighbourhood too

街坊里多了新邻居

New things surprises

处处充满意外惊喜

Louie Geno's over on 48th is

48街的Louie Geno's餐厅

Selling something called pizza pie

正在售卖一种叫披萨派的美食

One of my students says

我的一个学生说

We'll love it

我们会爱上它

We'll try it

我们会尝试它

Now you and I together

现在你和我在一起

We'll be better than we were

我们会比从前更好

'Cause I'll be with you so much more

因为我会花更多时间陪伴你

So don't think I forgot that I wasn't always there

别以为我忘了 那些缺席的时光

Somewhere playing music

我总在某个角落演奏音乐

While you waited by the stair

而你独自在楼梯旁等待

How I took for granted we'd had time to spare

我曾天真以为 来日方长

Now I'll take the time to know you

如今我要用心了解你

To help you to love you

疼爱你 守护你

You'll see you'll see

你会明白 你会看见

We'll be better than before

我们会比从前更幸福