Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Arijit Singh Satranga from Animal Translated and Explained

 

Satranga – Poetic Translation of 2024 Arijit Singh Hit Song

Meta Description:  Satranga is a hit Bollywood song of 2024. Sung by Arijit Singh and shot on Ranbir Kapoor and Rashmika Mandanna. Enjoy the poetic translation and explanation.

Setting the Background for Translating Satranga

Satranga, which translates to "having seven colours," is often used as a metaphor for the rainbow. In the song Satranga from the Bollywood movie Animal, love is depicted as a multi-dimensional emotion, much like a rainbow's varying hues. Initially, the relationship is marked by a positive, caring camaraderie. However, as the story unfolds, emotions like jealousy, suspicion, and selfishness creep in, leading to heartbreak. Despite these challenges, the song also highlights how true love endures beneath the surface, even in difficult times.

The Poetic English Translation of the Lyrics of Satranga

 

When half of your love and half of mine

Combine then forms the moon complete

Only your star and my star will shine

Rest will be as black as peat

 

The threads have not survived

That to the Pipal tree we tied

Kohled tears flow down the face

Averted from the lover’s gaze

Like a rainbow in the grey sky love glows

I a fakir and like Ganga love flows

Like a rainbow in the grey sky love glows

I a fakir and like Ganga love flows

 

I will convey my blessings

After touching your feet

Your wounds I will gladly bear

And your worries defeat

 

You carry on

I won’t sulk or yell

If I’m not yours

I won’t be mine as well

Only you dear are my world

But do not come where I dwell

Never I’ll be seen on your street

 

Recall our wedding vow

The fire is burning us now

The false promises you made

Have left me feeling quite betrayed

Flowing in the veins not a care love knows

Dissolved in blood through the body love goes

Like a rainbow in the grey sky love glows

I a fakir and like Ganga love flows

 

All my golden memories

Flush them down in waters deep

Your tearful moistened eyes these

Pressed against my lips I will keep

I ocean bound on it like a bird love soars

Mind sadness still and vibrancy love shows

Like a rainbow in the grey sky love glows

I a fakir and like Ganga love flows

Like a rainbow in the grey sky love glows

I a fakir and like Ganga love flows

 

The Original Hindi Lyrics of Satranga from Animal

 

aadha tera ishq aadha mera
aise ho poora chandrama
ho taara tera ik taara mera

baaki andhera aasmaan

 

na tere sang laage
baandhe jo pipal pe dhaage
yeh surme ke dhaare
behte hai nazrein bacha ke

badrang mein satranga hai yeh ishq re
jogi main aur ganga hai yeh ishq re
badrang mein satranga hai yeh ishq re
jogi main aur ganga hai yeh ishq re

 

maathe se laga loon haath
chhu ke main pair tere
ho rakh loon main tan pe zakhm
bana saare bair tere

 

rukna ni tu
hunn russna ni main
tera ni reha
te na khud da vi main

duniya tu hi hai meri
par na aana ab na aana
main ni aana shehar tere

 

jo phere sang laage
rakhte woh humko jala ke
woh vaade jhoothe vaade
le ja tu kasmein lagaa ke

rag rag mein malanga hai yeh ishq re
kyun lahu mein hi ranga hai yeh ishq re
ho badrang mein satranga hai yeh ishq re
jogi main aur ganga hai yeh ishq re

 

tu meri saari yaadein
paani mein aaj baha de

yeh teri bheegi aankhein
rakh loon labon se laga ke

main samandar parinda hai yeh ishq re
mann maatam aur zinda hai yeh ishq re
ho badrang mein satranga hai yeh ishq re
jogi main aur ganga hai yeh ishq re

ho ho.. badrang mein satranga hai yeh ishq re
jogi main aur ganga hai yeh ishq re

 

Meanings of Difficult Words

 

Surme = Kohl

Nazrein bachana = To avoid being seen

Badrang = Drab colour

Jogi = mendicant

Bair = enemy

Russna = To be upset

Phere = The 7 circumambulations around the sacred fire during weddings

Malanga = Without a care

Parinda = Bird

Mann = Mind

Maatam = Mourning


The Literal English Translation of the Lyrics of Satranga

 

half from your love half from mine

this is how the full moon is made

only your one star and my one star

the rest of the sky should be in darkness

 

 

our companionship has not survived

even though we tied the threads around the pipal tree

these streams of tears black with kohl

you are shedding hiding from me

 

even in this drab situation our love stands out like a rainbow

love is the feeling aroused in a fakir by the eternally flowing Ganga

 

i will place my hand on your forehead to bless you

i will touch your feet to receive your blessings

i will bear your wounds on my body

making them your enemy

 

you do not stop

i will not sulk

if i am not yours

then i will not be mine

you alone are my world

but now do not come to me

i will not come to your city

 

the circumambulations we took around the fire

they are keeping us burning

the vows taken then proved false

you can leave with them

 

love flows through our veins without a care

it has dissolved in our blood

 

take all my memories

sweep them away in the water

yet your moist eyes

i will keep pressed to my lips

 

i am like the ocean over which love soars like a free bird

my mind wallows in grief while love is vibrant

 

 

Satranga Fact Sheet

·       Movie: Animal
·       Singer: Arijit Singh
·       Lyricist: Siddharth-Garima
·       Composer: Shreyas Puranik
·       On Screen: Ranbir Kapoor & Rashmika Mandanna
·       Producer: Bhushan Kumar


Satranga in the 69th Filmfare Awards

Animal received 17 nominations in the 69th Filmfare Awards for movies released in 2023. The function was held in January 2024. It won five awards out of those. The results in the music categories were:
 
·       Best Music Director: Won
·       Best Lyricist (Satranga): Nominated
·       Best Male Playback Singer (Satranga): Nominated
·       Best Male Playback Singer (Arjan Vailly): Won
·       Best Background Score: Won

 
Enjoy the video of Satranga.  I have other Arijit hit songs at Bollywood Translations with more in the pipeline.
·       Khairiyat from Chhichhore.
·       Shayad from Love Aaj Kal
·       Sajni from Laapataa Ladies
 
 
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