Song: Sadda Haq (English Translation)
Movie: Rockstar
Starring: Ranbir Kapoor
Singer: Mohit Chauhan
Music: A. R. Rahman
Lyrics: Irshad Kamil
Label: T-Series
Year: 2011
Sadda Haq lyrics English translation
Tum logon ki is duniya mein,
In this world of yours,
Har kadam pe insaan galat.
At every step, a human is called wrong.
Main sahi samajh ke jo bhi karoon,
Whatever I do, thinking it’s right,
Tum kehte ho galat.
You say it’s wrong.
Main galat hoon, toh phir kaun sahi? Kaun sahi?
If I’m wrong, then who is right? Who is right?
Marzi se jeene ki bhi main,
Even to live my life my own way,
Kya tum sabko aarzi doon?
Do I need to ask permission from all of you?
Matlab ki tum sabka mujh pe,
That means all of you have,
Mujhse bhi zyada haq hai.
More right over me than I have on myself.
(Sadda Haq, aithe rakh!) (x8)
This is my right — claim it here!
Hey..!
In kataron mein, ya udhaaron mein,
In these queues, or in these credits,
Tum mere jeene ki aadat ka kyun ghoṭ rahe dum.
You’re strangling the way I live my life.
Be-saleeka main, us gali ka main,
I’m uncultured, I belong to that street,
Na jismein haya, na jismein sharam.
Where there’s neither modesty, nor shame.
Mann bole, ke rasmon mein jeene ka harjana,
My heart says — these customs are a penalty for living.
Duniya dushman, sab begaana, inhe aag lagana.
The world’s an enemy, everyone’s a stranger — set it all on fire.
Mann bole, mann bole, mann se jeena ya mar jaana!
My heart says — live on my own terms, or else die!
(Sadda Haq, aithe rakh!) (x8)
This is my right — claim it here!
Oh eco-friendly, nature ke rakshak,
Oh eco-friendly, protectors of nature,
Main bhi hoon nature.
I too am nature.
Riwazon se, samajon se,
By these customs, by this society,
Kyun Tu kaatte mujhe?
Why do you cut me down?
Kyun baantte mujhe is tarah?
Why do you divide me like this?
Ho… ho… ho…
Kyun sach ka sabak sikhaaye,
Why do you preach lessons of truth,
Jab sach sun bhi na paaye?
When you can’t even bear to hear the truth?
Sach koi bole, toh tum niyam–kanoon bataye.
When someone speaks the truth, you hide behind rules and laws.
Tera darr, tera pyaar, teri wah,
Your fear, your love, your false praise —
Tu hi rakh, rakh saala!
Keep it to yourself, keep it, you rascal!
(Sadda Haq, aithe rakh!) (x14)
This is my right — claim it here!
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Vocabulary & Meaning: Sadda Haq English lyrics
Sadda Haq = Our right / my rightful claim
Aithe Rakh = Put it here / claim it here
Marzi = Free will / personal choice
Aarzi = Permission / request
Haq = Right / entitlement
Kataron = Queues / lines
Udhaaron = Debts / obligations
Be-saleeka = Unconventional / uncultured
Rasm = Tradition / social custom
Harjana = Penalty / price to pay
Begaana = Stranger / outsider
Riwaz = Tradition
Samaj = Society
Niyam = Rules
Kanoon = Laws
