【歌詞翻訳・意味解説】Bruno Mars/ブルーノ・マーズ When I Was Your Man/ホェン・アイ・ワズ・ユア・マン（君がいたあの頃に）【歌詞翻訳・意味解説】

アメリカの歌手。本名は、ピーター・ジーン・ヘルナンデス。
B.o.Bの「Nothin’ on You」やトラヴィー・マッコイの「Billionaire」への参加のほか、世界的にヒットした「Just the Way You Are」の曲でよく知られる。
2011年・2014年度グラミー賞受賞者。

ファッションブランド「ビクトリアシークレット」のショーやNFLの第48回スーパーボウルハーフタイムショーなどへのゲスト出演も行っている。

この歌詞の白眉はやはり「I hope he buys you flowers」で始まる最後のサビ。
構文は最初と２番目のサビとほぼ同じものを使いながら、見事に視点を転換しています。素晴らしい。

最後のサビで視点が劇的に変わる例としては、Nickelbackの『Far Away』 がありますが、それを思い出させる凝った作りの曲でした。

Same bed but it feels just a little bit bigger now
Our song on the radio but it don’t sound the same
When our friends talk about you, all it does is just tear me down
Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name

It all just sounds like oooooh…
Mmm, too young, too dumb to realize
That I should have bought you flowers
And held your hand
Should have gave you all my hours
When I had the chance
Take you to every party
Cause all you wanted to do was dance
Now my baby’s dancing
But she’s dancing with another man

My pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways
Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life
Now I never, never get to clean up the mess I made, ohh…
And it haunts me every time I close my eyes

It all just sounds like oooooh…
Mmm, too young, too dumb to realize
That I should have bought you flowers
And held your hand
Should have gave you all my hours
When I had the chance
Take you to every party
Cause all you wanted to do was dance
Now my baby’s dancing
But she’s dancing with another man

Although it hurts
I’ll be the first to say that I was wrong
Oh, I know I’m probably much too late
To try and apologize for my mistakes
But I just want you to know

I hope he buys you flowers
I hope he holds your hand
Give you all his hours
When he has the chance
Take you to every party
Cause I remember how much you loved to dance
Do all the things I should have done
When I was your man
Do all the things I should have done
When I was your man