ae shahar-e-lucknow tujhe mera salam hai
ae shahar-e-lucknow tujhe mera salam hai
tera hi naam dusra jannat ka naam hai
ae shahar-e-lucknow

mere liye bahar bhi tu gul badan bhi tu
parwana or shamma bhi tu anjuman bhi tu
julfon ki tarah mehki hui teri shaam hai
ae shahar-e-lucknow

kaisa nikhar tujh me hai kya kya hai baagpan
gajalen gali gali hain to nagme chaman chaman
shayar ke dil se pooch tera kya makaam hai
ae shahar-e-lucknow tujhe mera salam hai
tera hi naam dusara jannat ka naam hai
ae shahar-e-lucknow

tu vo hai log sahare nikara kaahe jise
firdo ke husan rush ke bahara kaahe jise
teri har ek aada me wafa ka payam hai
ae shahar-e-lucknow tujhe mera salam hai
tera hi naam dusra jannat ka naam hai
ae shahar-e-lucknow

O, Lucknow, city of my soul, my salutation to you,
O, Lucknow, city of my soul, my salutation to you.
Your very name, a whispered echo, the other name of paradise,
O, Lucknow.

For me, you are the spring, the rose-faced beauty,
The moth drawn to the flame, the gathering of hearts,
Your evenings, fragrant as a lover's tresses,
O, Lucknow.

What hidden beauty does your heart enfold, what blossoming within?
In every lane, a ghazal's echo, in every garden, a melody.
Tell me, what place do you hold within a poet's heart?
O, Lucknow, city of my soul, my salutation to you.
Your very name, a whispered echo, the other name of paradise,
O, Lucknow.

You are the city they call "the jewel," the radiant,
The envy of paradise, the bloom of spring, they whisper.
In every gesture, a message of faithfulness, you impart,
O, Lucknow, city of my soul, my salutation to you.
Your very name, a whispered echo, the other name of paradise,
O, Lucknow.