Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal - English Translation

Movie: Jalsa (2007)
Music: Devi Sri Prasad
Singer: Ranjith
Lyrics: Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry

Note: This is not a word-by-word translation. Some of the linguistic subtleties, idioms, and common expressions which don't translate well have been re-worked to make sense in English

Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal Chal!

(Keep Marching Forward! x6)

Nee payanam ekkadiko, neeku theliyali ga!
Ye samaram, yevvaritho, theluchuko munduga!

You need to know where your journey is heading towards. 
You need to decide which battle will be fought with whom. 

Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal Chal!

(Keep Marching Forward! x3)

Chanpanide brathakamani, brathikenduku champamani!
Namminche adivini adigemlabham brathike daaretani?

"You cannot survive without killing. You need to kill in order to survive".
Do you think the forest that teaches this, will show you the way of life? 

Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal Chal!

(Keep Marching Forward! x3)

Samharam sahajamani, sahavasam swapnamani,
Namminche telivi ki telise na thaane thana shatruvani!

"Violence is normal. Pleasure is the ultimate goal".
Does your mind, which thinks this way, know that it is it's own worst enemy?

Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal Chal!

(Keep Marching Forward! x3)

Nee payanam ekkadiko, neeku theliyali ga!
Ye samaram, yevvaritho, theluchuko munduga!

You need to know where your journey is heading towards.
You need to decide which battle will be fought with whom.

Dheerulaki, dheenulaki, amma vadi okkate!
Veerulaki, jorulaki, kanta thadi okkate!

Doesn't matter if you're a warrior or a king - a mother's lap is a mother's lap. 
Doesn't matter if you're a braveheart or a strongman - a teardrop is a teardrop. 

Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal Chal!

(Keep Marching Forward! x3)

Apudepudo aatavikam, mari ipudo adhunikam.
Yuga yugalaga manam mrugalakanna ekkuva em edhigam?

In the past we were feral; today we are supposedly modern. 
Yet millennia later, are we really more civilized than the beasts of the wild?

Chalo Re Chalo Re!
Chal Chalo Re Chalo Re!

Ramudila edagagelam, rakshasulanu minchagalam.
Raka rakala musugulu vesthu maricham epudo sontha mukham!

We could learn and grow like Lord Rama; we could defeat the demons of evil around us. 
Instead, we're so busy donning different masks that we have forgotten our real faces. 

Chalo Re Chalo Re!
Chal Chalo Re Chalo Re!

Taaralane thenchagalam thaluchukunte manam.
Ravikiranam cheelchagalam, ranguluga marchagalam.

We (humans) can bring down the stars if we put our minds to it. After all, we can already tear apart the rays of the sun into a spectrum of colours! 

Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal!
Chalo Re Chalo Re Chal Chal!

(Keep Marching Forward! x6)

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