din badla raat badli sitaare badal gaye
badli adaye aur ishare badal gaye
chehre badal gaye kahi surat badal gayi
najre badal gayi to najare badal gaye
dil badle teer badle nishana badal gaya
duniya ke rang badle fasana badal gaya
lekin tere badalne se badli har ek chiz
tu jo badal gayi to jamana badal gaya
sochna kya us ghadi ka jo gayi jo gayi jo gayi
tu pehle kya thi aur ab kya ho gayi
tu pehle kya thi aur ab kya ho gayi
tu pehle kya thi aur ab kya ho gayi

kal lutte the tujhko lutere kitne hi jalim dushman the tere
ijjat ke daaku rehte the ghere charo taraf the gum ke andhere
har ek najar ek mithi chhuri thi har aadmi ki niyat buri thi
wo lutte the rup ka sona jinke liye thi naari khilona
padne laga jab laaj pe daaka wo banke uthi ek dhamaka
kal tak thi tu ek harni jaisi aaj lage tu sherni jaisi
khub ye tune badla hai chola kal tak thi shabnam aaj hai shola
kaap utha har katil kamina rupa bani jab daaku hasina
tu pehle kya thi aur ab kya ho gayi
tu pehle kya thi aur ab kya ho gayi
tu pehle kya thi aur ab kya ho gayi

najar ke samne mata pita ka khun hua jawani
lut gayi sharmohaya ka khun hua
samaaj chup raha mardo ke beusuli par
latkati reh gayi tu wasna ki suli par
dulhan na ban saki par dulhano ke kaam aayi
teri wajah se baji kitne ghar mein shehnai ae
sherni teri shero pe hukm rani hai
har ek julm tere aage sab pani pani hai wo
sach ke tej ko sholo pe jake leti hai
kaushalya hawwa yashoda ki wo bhi beti hai
yahi paigambaro avtaro ko bhi janti hai ye
surmaao ki veero ki maa bhi banti hai
ye sita parvati hai yahi to radha hai ye
lakshmi hai ye maryam hai ye sulekha hai
inhi ka daudta hai khun teri nas nas mein tu
rajwali hai raj hai tere bas mein
tu pehle kya thi aur ab kya ho gayi
tu pehle kya thi aur ab kya ho gayi
tu pehle kya thi aur ab kya ho gayi

tera nishana sachcha nishana darta hai tujhse sara jamana
shero ke jaisa tera jigar hai bijli ke jaisi teri najar hai
mardo se tune haq apna chhina charche hai tere ghar ghar hasina
kya iska rona jo kho chuka hai wo ab na hoga jo ho chuka hai
kyunki tipu sultan ki lalkar tu hai aur shivaji ki talvar tu hai
bhole shankar ka trishul hai tu aur tu hai bhavani ki maala
tu bhagatsingh ki pistol bhi hai ranapratap ka tu hai bhala
lakshmibai ki shaan tu hai sherowali ka vardan tu hai
nur hai tere dil mein khuda ka khauf tujhko nahi hai kaja ka
pyar mamta ki tasvir hai tu jane kitno ki takdir hai tu
naam sunkar tera ae hasina putli fulal ko aaya pasina pasina
are tu pehle kya thi aur ab kya ho gayi
tu pehle kya thi aur ab kya ho gayi
tu pehle kya thi aur ab kya ho gayi

The days have changed, the nights have shifted, stars have rearranged,
Gestures altered, whispers estranged.
Faces transformed, visages remade,
Eyes have adjusted, the spectacles swayed.
Hearts have swapped, arrows redirected, aims redefined,
The world's hues altered, the narrative unconfined.
But with your turning, everything realigned,
When you changed, the cosmos redefined.

What to ponder on the moment that's flown, that's gone, that's gone?
What you were, and now have become,
What you were, and now have become,
What you were, and now have become.

Yesterday, marauders plundered, cruel foes encircled,
Respect's brigands in siege, with sorrow's gloom unfurled.
Each glance, a sweet blade, every man's intent impure,
They pillaged the gold of your form, for whom woman was a lure.
When modesty was besieged, you erupted with might,
Yesterday, a doe, today a lioness in the light.
Splendid, this change of raiment, from dew to a blaze so bright,
Every vile villain trembled, as the bandit beauty took flight.
What you were, and now have become,
What you were, and now have become,
What you were, and now have become.

Before your gaze, parents' blood spilled, youth betrayed,
Shame and modesty's essence, brutally flayed.
Society silent, at men's depravity,
You hung, a victim on lust's gallows, eternally.
A bride you couldn't be, yet weddings you did bless,
Because of you, joy in homes, a festive caress.
Lioness, you rule the lions with command,
Before your fury, all oppression, like water on sand.
On truth's searing flames, you chose to lie,
A daughter of Kausalya, Mary, and also of Yosoda, nearby.
You know the prophets and avatars too,
The mothers of heroes, valiant and true.
A Sita, a Parvati, a Radha you are,
Lakshmi, Maryam, and Sulekha, shining afar.
Their blood courses in your every vein,
You are the queen, the kingdom's domain.
What you were, and now have become,
What you were, and now have become,
What you were, and now have become.

Your aim is true, with such precision, the world quakes in fear,
Like lions, your heart, in your gaze, lightning clear.
From men, your rights you seize, in every home, you are the talk,
Why weep for what is lost? What's done cannot be stalked.
For you are Tipu Sultan's roar, Shivaji's blade, so keen,
Shiva's trident you are, and also Bhawani's queen.
Bhagat Singh's pistol, you are, Rana Pratap's spear,
Lakshmibai's glory, the lioness' blessing, drawing near.
In your heart, God's light, no fear of fate,
A portrait of love and tenderness, sealing a destiny so great.
At your name, O beauty, the idol's sweat starts to flow,
What you were, and now have become,
What you were, and now have become,
What you were, and now have become.