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LAURENS
Ladies and gentlemen, the clock struck midnight, so it is time for oczepiny!*
But first, a toast to the bride and groom will be made by:
Angelica Schuyler! Cheers!

ANGELICA AND COMPANY
And may they live!
(live! live! live!)
Many years!
(many years! long years! long years!)
Wishes your sister
(Angelica! Angelica!)
Who is your friend
(it will always be like that)
For you, young couple!
(for the country of young! and the revolution!)
For the hope given to us!
(given to us! given to us!)
May you never...
(never...)
Lack anything!**
(there was time, turn back time)

That night I have in my head, I remember (there was time)
That night I have in my head, I remember (turn back time)
That night in my head I still remember that night

ANGELICA
That night I have in my head, I remember, and I will always reproach myself for that night
I won't forget the soldiers that set off to pick up someone, hungry for women
They were choosing me and I danced until my head spun
But Alexander, time stopped when I saw you for the first time
Ground shrunk beneath my feet
And your sharp eyes straight up overpowered me
You said "hi", I felt a strange shiver
Suddenly I'm aflame, all of me's aflame

ANGELICA AND COMPANY
Let the game begin...

HAMILTON
You look like a woman who's clearly missing something.**

ANGELICA
Pardon me, sir, you are clearly forgetting yourself.

HAMILTON
Just like me. I'm constantly missing something.

ANGELICA
Truly, sir?

HAMILTON
I'm always missing something.

ANGELICA
My name is Angelica Schuyler.

HAMILTON
Alexander Hamilton.

ANGELICA
And where are you from?

HAMILTON
That's unimportant; still unknown, but I'll show you
In a while, in a while...

ANGELICA
How, how, how
How good it is to finally talk to someone like that
But there has to be some damn catch here
That feeling of hope, that there is someone
Who's not constantly clowning around and has something in his head, you feel me?
Even though this whole conversation lasted five minutes, maybe six,
We agreed on every issue raised
And I laughed, sincerely, when he made a joke
He told me during the dance that he's lucky
He's a womanizer, that one! But he's worth the trouble
I asked about his family, suddenly he missed his step
He wants to change the topic quickly and looks away
He's probably a poor man and tries to hide that

But he's quite handsome
Strong, but also vulnerable
I'm already scheming how to be with him alone,
But suddenly I see my sister's face and I hear:

ELIZA
I'm drowning...

ANGELICA
I hear her quiet:

ELIZA
I'm drowning...

ANGELICA
I'm drowning with her, hearing:

ELIZA
I'm drowning...

ANGELICA
And suddenly, like lightning

ANGELICA AND COMPANY
Three simultaneous thoughts shake me!

HAMILTON
We're leaving?

ANGELICA
In a moment you'll forget the world.

HAMILTON
I'm dying to find out.

COMPANY
First thought!

ANGELICA
I am dealt a different fate
First of all, I need to marry well
Father lacks a son
And I am to be the one to rise to the top
And a poor husband would bring me down
Who is known in this city for poverty? He's unknown
In this respect Alexander looks bad
Ha! This doesn't mean I want him less.

ELIZA
I don't think we've met; Elizabeth Schuyler.

HAMILTON
Schuyler?

ANGELICA
My sister.

COMPANY
Second thought!

ANGELICA
He wants to win me over, because I'm called Schuyler
And he hopes for an easier start
Maybe I'm wrong, but this has often happened before
But before I test it, Eliza already has a ring
He was right, Angelica; in any case, you will always be missing something**

ELIZA
You're a soldier; I respect that.

HAMILTON
Meetings like these are worth risking your life for.

ANGELICA
I'll leave you alone, then.

COMPANY
Third thought!

ANGELICA
Nobody knows my sister better than me
She hardly has any flaws
She's always so generous and trusting
If I told Eliza the truth about loving him
Then she would withdraw without a word...

ANGELICA AND COMPANY
And suffer!

ANGELICA
In dreams I go back to that night
Thinking: have I made a mistake?
How could it be if I gave him a chance that night?
At least Eliza is with him
At least that way I can stay by his side

ANGELICA AND COMPANY
Once again!
(once again! once again! once again!)
Many years!
(many years! long years! long years!)
Wishes your sister
(Angelica! Angelica!)
Who is your friend
(it will always be like that)
For you, young couple!
(for the country of young! and the revolution!)
For the hope given to us!
(given to us! given to us!)
May you never...
(never...)
Lack anything!**
(lack anything)

I know well that, even though he'll make her happy
(lack nothing)
I know well; he'll always be missing something**
(lack nothing)
I'll always be missing something

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*Oczepiny is an old but still practiced slavic wedding tradition that happens at midnight during the wedding night; it's a rite of passage for the young bride, who goes from being a maid to a wife

**"Lack" and "miss" are, in this context, the same word in Polish; both of those meanings work in the translation, replacing the original "satisfied" as a key phrase