Darmiyaan is a song from the show Musafir Cafe, streaming on Netflix. This song captures many layers and nuances of being in love. The song has notes of longing, helplessness and surrender, sewn into a rather thoughtful melody. This is my humble attempt at translating it in English, so that more and more people can understand and appreciate this musically and lyrically wholesome song.
LYRICS
Saanson mein bhi hai khalish beh rahi
There is a lingering ache flowing through our breaths
Raahaton ko talaashein ab kahan?
Where are we supposed to look for relief?
Ishq mein tere jo mile faasle
The distance, the separation I got from loving you
Dard dhundhe wahi mera pata
It is in that void that pain is searching for me
Hum, tere hote toh
What if… I was yours?
Zakhm sabhi sile hote toh
What if all of my wounds were stitched shut?
Haan, tum mere hote toh
What if… you were mine?
Be-waqt na mile hote toh
What if you hadn’t met me at the wrong time?
Kyun tere-mere darmiyaan
Why is it, that between you and me
Rehta hai jaise ek nishaan?
there is some residue still left?
Kyun tere-mere darmiyaan
Why is it that between you and me
Thehri hai jaise daastaan?
There’s a story standing still?
Darmiyaan
Between us…
Ankahe iraadon ka
Those unsaid intentions
Aadhe likhe un waadon ka
Those half written promises
Mujh par asar toh hai asar toh hai
Have an effect on me, undeniably
Haan, raah hum se ye kahe
This journey of life, says to us
Ban ke musaafir hi rahe
To continue being travelers
Aagе safar toh hai safar toh hai
After all, we still have a lot to journey towards
Ki hum khwaabon mein hi dhundhen marham
And yet, here we are, searching for a salve in our dreams
Tum jahan merе paas ho humdam
Cuz in the realm of our dreams, you are there, with me
Jo phir milenge kahin
And if we ever cross paths again
Aankhon hi aankhon mein tum se poochh lenge hum
Through our gaze, I’m sure we’ll ask each other this lingering question
Ki tum mere hote toh
That what if you were mine instead?
Be-waqt na mile hote toh
What if we hadn’t crossed paths at the wrong time?
Kyun tere-mere darmiyaan
And why is it, that between you and me
Rehta hai jaise ek nishaan?
There is still something leftover?
Kyun tere-mere darmiyaan
Why is it, that between you and me
Thehri hai jaise daastaan?
There lies a paused story?
O, seene mein dabi ho jaise zard yaadein
Like vibrant memories buried deep in our hearts
Jaise hawa mein ghuli hon teri-meri baatein
Like our conversations dissolved into the wind
Ek jahaan mein sooni raahon ke darmiyaan
In this world, tucked between those now empty roads
Saanson se jude hain jaise kayi dhaage
As if the strings of our fate are entangled with each other’s breath
Tere hone se zyada kahan kuch maangein
When have I asked more than your mere existence?
Tu jo nahin hai kuch nahin hai darmiyaan
Cuz when you’re not there, there is nothing left in between
Ho, darmiyaan
Between us…
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