ajnabi shehar hai, ajnabi shaam hai
zindagi ajnabi kya tera naam hai
ajib hai ye zindagi, ye zindagi ajib hai
ye milti hai bichadti hai bichadke phir se milti hai
ajnabi shehar hai, ajnabi shaam hai

aap ke bagair bhi hume, miti lagein udasiyan
kya ye aap ka aap ka kamal hai
shayed aapko khabar nahi
hil rahi hai paaw ki zamin
kya ye aap ka aap ka kheyal hai
ajnabi shehar mein zindagi milgayi
ajib hai ye zindagi ye zindagi ajib hai
mein samjha tha karib hai ye auro ka nasib hai
ajnabi shehar hai, ajnabi shaam hai

baat hai ye ek raat ki, aap badalon pe lete the
hmm wo yaad hai aapne bulaya tha
sardi lag rahi thi aapko
patli chandi lapeteythe
aur shan mein khwab ke sulaya tha
ajnabi thi sahi saans mein silgayi
ajib hai ye zindagi ye zindagi ajib hai
mere nahi ye zindagi rakib ka nasib hai

A city unknown, an evening unseen,
Life, stranger, what whispers your name?
Strange is this life, this life so strange,
It meets, it departs, then meets again,
A city unknown, an evening unseen.

Without you, the sorrows taste sweet,
Is this the lotus, your very own?
Perhaps you are unaware,
The ground beneath feet starts to sway,
Is this the thought, your thought alone?
In a city unknown, an unknown life has met,
Strange is this life, this life so strange,
It meets, it departs, then meets again,
A city unknown, an evening unseen.

A tale of one night, on clouds you did lie,
That memory, you called me there,
You felt the cold, a thin shawl you did try,
And in peace, a dream you did share.
Unknown it was, yet breath did ignite,
Strange is this life, this life so strange,
Not mine, this life, the rival’s fate.