Shawn Mendes - If I Can't Have You 中文歌詞翻譯

If I Can't Have You

Shawn Mendes

Remark:

The song, sung by Shawn Mendes, expresses a strong regret and passionate for the lover who has already walked away. Although the lyrics are quite simple, it creates a vivid picture of a man’s situation after he broke up with his girlfriend. He regrets the decision, he keeps on looking at the past, and he honestly talks about his love and attached to her, claims that “If I can't have you, then everything means nothing.” When I listened to this song the first time, it reminds me of my relationship between a quite intimate friend. It’s true that we are not in a romance, yet I’m really jealous whenever she gives others her attention. Thus, I hurt her with unreasonable words to vent my anger and dissatisfied, but afterward I always immediately regret it. I don’t want to be ignored but what I do is just push her away. It’s the worst way to show how I adore her. It’s not a surprise that we don’t talk to each other for a while. Sometimes, the childish quarrel will end in a few hours, but sometimes, it could last for a few days. Every minute, lonesome pains me, however, being the first one to break the ice, which means surrender, would make the entire fighting meaningless. Therefore, I suck the pain while feeling emptiness, feel that everything is boring, literally. But I am luckier than the man because she would always turn back to me. And when she gives me her hand again, everything is splendid again.

 

Lyrics:

[Chorus]

I can't write one song that's not about you

我寫的每首歌都關於你

Can't drink without thinking about you

買醉的時候，也滿腦子都是你

Is it too late to tell you that

現在才告訴你這件事，是不是太晚了：

Everything means nothing if I can't have you?

「如果我不能擁有你，那一切都沒有意義。」

[Verse 1]

I'm in Toronto and I got this view

我在多倫多，看著這片風景

But I might as well be in a hotel room, yeah

但我也可以到旅館的某間房間去

It doesn't matter 'cause I'm so consumed

怎樣都無所謂，因為我如此渴望你

Spending all my nights reading texts from you

每一晚都反覆讀著你的訊息

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, I'm good at keeping my distance

喔，我十分擅長保持距離

I know that you're the feeling I'm missing

我知道你覺得我丟失了自己

You know that I hate to admit it

你知道我討厭承認這件事

But everything means nothing if I can't have you

但若我沒辦法擁有你，一切對我來說都沒有意義

[Chorus]

I can't write one song that's not about you

我寫的每首歌都關於你

Can't drink without thinking about you

買醉的時候，也滿腦子都是你

Is it too late to tell you that

現在才告訴你這件事，是不是太晚了：

Everything means nothing if I can't have you?

「如果我不能擁有你，那一切都沒有意義。」

I can't write one song that's not about you

我寫的每首歌都關於你

Can't drink without thinking about you

買醉的時候，也滿腦子都是你

Is it too late to tell you that

現在才告訴你這件事，是不是太晚了：

Everything means nothing if I can't have you?

「如果我不能擁有你，那一切都沒有意義。」

[Verse 2]

I'm so sorry that my timing's off

我很遺憾我的時間已經用盡

But I can't move on if we're still gonna talk

但若我們持續來往，我就沒辦法放下

Is it wrong for me to not want half?

難道不想只拿一半，是我的錯嗎？

I want all of you, all the strings attached

我想要你的全部，連附帶的所有都一起

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, I'm good at keeping my distance

喔，我十分擅長保持距離

I know that you're the feeling I'm missing

我知道你覺得我丟失了自己

You know that I hate to admit it

你知道我討厭承認這件事

But everything means nothing if I can't have you

但若我沒辦法擁有你，一切對我來說都沒有意義

[Chorus]

I can't write one song that's not about you

我寫的每首歌都關於你

Can't drink without thinking about you

買醉的時候，也滿腦子都是你

Is it too late to tell you that

現在才告訴你這件事，是不是太晚了：

Everything means nothing if I can't have you?

「如果我不能擁有你，那一切都沒有意義。」

I can't write one song that's not about you

我寫的每首歌都關於你

Can't drink without thinking about you

買醉的時候，也滿腦子都是你

Is it too late to tell you that

現在才告訴你這件事，是不是太晚了：

Everything means nothing if I can't have you?

「如果我不能擁有你，那一切都沒有意義。」

[Bridge]

I'm trying to move on, forget you, but I hold on

我試著往前進，忘記你，但我仍留在原地

Everything means nothing, everything means nothing, babe

一切都毫無意義，毫無意義，寶貝

I'm trying to move on, forget you, but I hold on

我試著往前進，忘記你，但我仍留在原地

Everything means nothing if I can't have you, no

一切對我來說都沒有意義，如果我沒辦法擁有你

[Chorus]

I can't write one song that's not about you

我寫的每首歌都關於你

Can't drink without thinking about you

買醉的時候，也滿腦子都是你

Is it too late to tell you that

現在才告訴你這件事，是不是太晚了：

Everything means nothing if I can't have you?

「如果我不能擁有你，那一切都沒有意義。」

I can't write one song that's not about you

我寫的每首歌都關於你

Can't drink without thinking about you

買醉的時候，也滿腦子都是你

Is it too late to tell you that

現在才告訴你這件事，是不是太晚了：

Everything means nothing if I can't have you?

「如果我不能擁有你，那一切都沒有意義。」

歌詞來源：https://genius.com/Shawn-mendes-if-i-cant-have-you-lyrics