aaj ik aur baras biit gayā us ke baġhair
jis ke hote hue hote the zamāne mere
Wali Asi was the son a of renowned Urdu poet, Maulana Abdul Bari Asi popularly known as Asi Uldani. He was the native of Uldan of Meerut district but had shifted to Lucknow and settled there for ever. Wali Asi himself was a pure Lakhnawi in all aspects.