One last time

Mr. President, you asked to see me?

总统先生，您找我什么事？

I know you’re busy

我知你很忙

What do you need, sir? Sir?

何事，长官？长官？

I wanna give you a word of warning

有句话，要先给你提个醒

Sir, I don’t know what you heard

不知您听啥风声

But whatever it is, Jefferson started it

不管啥事，都是杰斐逊先惹的

Thomas Jefferson resigned this morning

杰斐逊今早递上辞职信

You’re kidding

不会吧？

I need a favor

想请你帮忙

Whatever you say, sir, Jefferson will pay for his behavior

全听您安排，长官，杰斐逊得为胡来还债

Shh. Talk less

嘘，少说。

I’ll use the press

我登报说

I’ll write under a pseudonym, you’ll see what I can do to him—

我会用笔名写文章，您且看我怎么整他——

I need you to draft an address

请你替我写篇演说

Yes! He resigned. You can finally speak your mind—

好！他辞职，您终于能吐露真心——

No, he’s stepping down so he can run for President

不，他辞去官职，是为了竞选总统

Ha. Good luck defeating you, sir

哈，想赢您？祝他好运！

I’m stepping down. I’m not running for President

我要卸任，也不会再竞选总统。

I’m sorry, what?

等等……什么？

One last time

最后一次

Relax, have a drink with me

放松，陪我喝一杯

One last time

最后一次

Let’s take a break tonight

今晚就歇一歇

And then we’ll teach them how to say goodbye

再教会他们该如何告别

To say goodbye

如何告别

You and I

你和我

No, sir, why?

不，为何？

I wanna talk about neutrality

我想谈谈对外保持中立

Sir, with Britain and France on the verge of war, is this the best time—

长官，英法眼看就要开战，此时真的合适——

I want to warn against partisan fighting

我要告诫各党别再起纷争

But—

可——

Pick up a pen, start writing

拿起笔，现在就写

I wanna talk about what I have learned

我想谈谈我学到的道理

The hard-won wisdom I have earned

历尽艰辛换来真知

As far as the people are concerned

可百姓心中想的却是——

You have to serve, you could continue to serve—

您必须留任，您还能再留任——

No! One last time

不！最后一次！

The people will hear from me

百姓会听我心声

One last time

最后一次

And if we get this right

若我们做得对

We’re gonna teach ‘em how to say

就教会他们如何说

Goodbye

告别

You and I—

你和我——

Mr. President, they will say you’re weak

总统，他们会说您太软弱

No, they will see we’re strong

不！看我们多强

Your position is so unique

您的地位无人能及

So I’ll use it to move them along

就借此领国人向前闯

Why do you have to say goodbye?

为何您一定要离开？

If I say goodbye, the nation learns to move on

我若告别，国家就学会迈向前

It outlives me when I’m gone

纵无我，家国绵延

Like the scripture says:

如圣经所言

“Everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree

各坐自家葡萄藤和无花果树下

And no one shall make them afraid.”

再无人让他们惊骇

They’ll be safe in the nation we’ve made

共建的国里，万民安泰

I wanna sit under my own vine and fig tree

愿坐自家葡萄藤、无花果树下

A moment alone in the shade

独坐树荫，片刻自在

At home in this nation we’ve made

共建家国，我家所在

One last time

最后一次

One last time

最后一次

Though, in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. I shall also carry with me

回顾我在任期间所经历的种种事务，我自问未曾有意犯错；但我深知自身能力尚有不足，不能不承认，我很可能已犯下许多过失。而在离任之际，我也将始终在心中怀着——

The hope

希望

That my country will

我的祖国会

View them with indulgence;

宽容我的过失

And that

也愿

After forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal

在我以一片赤诚之心为祖国奉献四十五年的时光后

The faults of incompetent abilities will be

因我能力不足所犯的过失将会

Consigned to oblivion, as I myself must soon be to the mansions of rest

被世人所遗忘，正如我也即将走向最后安息之地

I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws

我满怀欣喜盼望那退隐后的时光，愿能回到同胞中间，与众人一同分享良法所带来的福祉，亲身感受这份安宁，细细品味生活的甘甜。