9 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:
ajab: strange, odd, unique
1 / 9: ajab
bulbul se ajab kya
jo kare naghma-sarai
when the morning zephyr inspires
the bud to bloom
what wonder if the nightingale
begins to sing
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2 / 9: ajab
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
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3 / 9: ajab
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, Separation, & Grief (106)
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4 / 9: ajab
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 (67)
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5 / 9: ajab
mere safeene ko
gharqaab dekhne ke liye
such a strange rival
he drowned along with me
just to witness
my boat go under
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6 / 9: ajab
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
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7 / 9: ajab
zindagi ik
ajab paheli hai
time unfolded
moment by moment
life is indeed
a strange riddle
Theme: Miscellany (44)
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8 / 9: ajab
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 (27)
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9 / 9: ajab
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, Learning, & Living (122)
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