1/7: ajab

kya ajab kaar-e-tahayyur hai

supurd-e-naar-e-ishq

ghar mein jo tha bach gaya

aur jo naheen tha jal gaya

what a work of wonder is

surrendering to the fire of love

those in the house were saved

those that weren’t got burnt

Theme:Love, Passion and Longing (88)

2/7: ajab

ye kaisa nasha hai

main kis ajab khumaar mein huun

tu aa ke jaa bhi chuka hai

main intezaar mein huun

what is this intoxication

what is this strange dizziness

you had come and gone

and i am still waiting

Theme:Loneliness, Solitude & Grief (92)

3/7: ajab

waqt se lamha lamha

kheli hai

zindagi ik

ajab paheli hai

time unfolded

moment by moment

life is indeed

a strange riddle

Theme:Miscellany (44)

4/7: ajab

hai dussehra mein bhi

yuun gar farhat-o-zeenat 'nazir'

par diwali bhi ajab

pakeeza-tar tyohaar hai

in dussehra too

there is joy and beauty, nazir

but diwali is

uniquely and purely joyous

Theme:Religion, Reason & Tradition (48)

5/7: ajab

ajab junoon hai

ye intiqaam ka jazba

shikast kha ke woh

pani mein zahr Daal aaya

what a strange passion

this thirst for revenge is

after being defeated,

he returned, poisoning the water

Theme:Miscellany (44)

6/7: ajab

talaash-e-rizq ka ye

marhala ajab hai ki ham

gharon se door bhi

ghar ke liye base hue hain

in search of livelihood

this stage is so strange that

we have settled far away from home

just for the sake of our homes

Theme:Home, Country & Belonging (23)

7/7: ajab

khataaen umr-e-rafta ki

sazaaen umr-e-haazir ko

ajab insaaf hai dekho

kahan karna, kahan bharna

the mistakes are of the past

but punishments given now

see what strange justice this is

where to do, where to pay?

Theme:Life, Living & Dying (104)