tu pahele kya thi

din badla raat badli

sitare badal gaye

badli adaye aur

ishare badal gaye

chehre badal gaye

kahi surat badal gayi

nazre badal gayi to

nazaare badal gaye

dil badle teer badle

nishana badal gaya

duniya ke rang badle

fasana badal gaya

lekin tere badalne se

badli har ek wo cheez

tu jo badal gayi to

zamana badal gaya

sochna kya us ghadi ka

jo gayi jo gayi jo gayi

tu pahele kya thi

aur ab kya ho gayi

tu pahele kya thi

aur ab kya ho gayi

tu pahele kya thi

aur ab kya ho gayi

kal lut rahe the tujhko lutere

kitne hi zalim dushman the tere

izzat ke daku rehte the ghere

chaaro taraf the gham ke andhere

har ek nazar ek mithi chhuri thi

har aadmi ki niyat buri thi

jo lut te the roop ka sona

jinke liye thi nari khilona

padne lag jab laaj pe daka

tu banke banke uthi ek dhamaka

kal tak thi tu ek harni jaisi

aaj lage tu sherni jaisi

khub yeh tune badla hain chola

kal tak thi sabnam aaj hain shola

kamp utha har ta dil kamina

rupa bani jab daku hasina re

tu pahele kya thi

aur ab kya ho gayi

tu pahele kya thi

aur ab kya ho gayi

tu pahele kya thi

aur ab kya ho gayi

nazar ke samne mata

pita ka khun hua

jawani lu gayi sharmo

haya ka khun hua

samaj chup raha

mardo ki be usuli par

latakti reh gayi tu

wasna ki shuli par

duhlan na ban saki par

dulhano ke kaam aayi

teri wajah se baji kitne

ghar mein sehnai

ae sherni teri shero ki

hukm rani hain

har ek julm tere aage

paani paani hain

wo saj ke dekh

ko sholo ke jake leti hain

kausalya hawa ya sauda ki

wo bhi beti hain

yahi paimbaro avatar

ko bhi janmi hain

yeh shurmao ki bhi ho ki

maa bhi banti hain

yeh seeta parvati hain

yahi to radha hain

yeh laxmi hain yeh maryam hain

yeh zulekha hain

inhi ka daudta hain

khun teri nas nas mein

tu raaz wali re

har raaz hai tere bas mein

tu pahele kya thi

aur ab kya ho gayi

tu pahele kya thi

aur ab kya ho gayi

tu pahele kya thi

aur ab kya ho gayi

tera nishana sacha nishana

darta hain tujhse sara zamana

shero ke jaisa tera jigar hain

bijli ki jaisi teri nazar hain

mardo se tune hak apna chhina

chrche hain tere ghar ghar hasina

kya iska rona jo kho chuka hain

wo ab na hoga jo ho chuka hain

kyu ke tipu sultan ki lalkar tu hain

aur shivaji ki talwar tu hain

bhole sankar ka trishul hain tu

aur tu hain bhavani ki mala

tu bhagatsingh ki pistol bhi hain

rana pratap ka tu hain bhala

laxmi bai ki shaan tu hain

shero wali ka vardan tu hain

nur hai tere dil mein khuda ka

khauf tujhko nahin hain kaja ka

pyar mamta ki tasveer hain tu

jaane kitni ki taqdeer hain tu

naam sun kar tera yeh hasina

utli fulan ko aaya pasina

tu pahele kya thi

aur ab kya ho gayi

tu pahele kya thi

aur ab kya ho gayi

tu pahele kya thi

aur ab kya ho gayi tu.