ajab hai dasta teri ae jindagi
ajab hai dasta teri ae jindagi
kabhi hasa diya rula diya kabhi
ajab hai dasta teri ae jindagi
kabhi hasa diya rula diya kabhi
ajab hai dasta teri ae jindagi

tum aayi maa ki mamta liye
to muskurayae hum
ki jaise phir se apne bachpan me
laut aaye hum
tumhare pyar ke
tumhare pyar ke isi aachal ke tale
phir se deepak jale, phir se deepak jale
dhala andhera jagi roshni
ajab hai dasta teri ae jindagi
kabhi hasa diya rula diya kabhi
ajab hai dasta teri ae jindagi

magar bada hi sangdil hai, ye malik tera jaha
yaha maa beto pe bhi, log uthate hai ungaliya
kali ye pyar ki
kali ye pyar ki jhulas ke rah gayi
har taraf aag thi
har taraf aag thi, hasane aayi thi rula gayi
kabhi hasa diya rula diya kabhi
ajab hai dasta teri ae jindagi

Strange is your tale, O Life,
Strange is your tale, O Life,
Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you weep,
Strange is your tale, O Life.

You came, bearing a mother's love,
And we smiled,
As if in childhood,
We returned.
Beneath the shelter of your love,
A lamp rekindled,
Darkness faded, light arose.
Strange is your tale, O Life,
Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you weep,
Strange is your tale, O Life.

Yet cruel is the world of your master,
Here, even mothers and sons, face judgment.
The bud of love,
Withered and scorched,
Fire on every side,
You came to laugh, but left us weeping.
Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you weep,
Strange is your tale, O Life.