permit permit permit
permit ke liye mar mit
permt bina is jahan me
do din bhi na jiya jaye
permit permit permit
permit ke liye mar mit

dunia se bada tu dunia basane wale
tujhse bhi hai unche permit banane wale
hue paida to permit rahe jinda to permit
uthe murda to permit
paida to permit jinda to premit
murda to permit dekho ye jamana
permit permit permit permit ke liye mar mit
permt bina is jahan me do din bhi na jiya jaye
permit permit permit

ek roz gaye ji ham daru chodane
dekho ye tamasha pahuche waha se thane
hua ye ham pe sitam waha jakde gaye hum
manga jo permit hamne kaha na na
permit permit permit permit ke liye mar mit
permt bina is jahan me do din bhi na jiya jaye
permit permit permit

o thank you oye lalu
chaha tha permit se apni jan bacha le
jane na jamana chupke se jahar khale
gaye hum ek dukan par kaha do jahar mister
wo bola wo sikandar permit to dikhana

majnu ne laila se jab shadi ko kaha
boli mujhe na pucho abba se milo ja
buddhe ka hukka bhara bola kya sar hai fira
shadi se pehle jara permt to dikha permit permit permit
permit ke liye mar mit permt bina is jahan me
do din bhi na jiya jaye permit permit permit

Permit, permit, permit,
To the permit, we submit.
Without the permit in this world,
Not two days can be lived.
Permit, permit, permit,
To the permit, we submit.

The world is vast, you build a world,
Yet from you, higher, are the permit-makers unfurled.
Born with the permit, alive with the permit,
Dead with the permit.
Born with the permit, alive with the permit,
Dead with the permit, behold this age!
Permit, permit, permit, to the permit, we submit.
Without the permit in this world, not two days can be lived.
Permit, permit, permit.

One day, we went to quit the drink,
Behold the spectacle, to the police station we sink.
Oppression fell on us, there we were bound,
We asked for the permit, "No, no," they resound.
Permit, permit, permit, to the permit, we submit.
Without the permit in this world, not two days can be lived.
Permit, permit, permit.

Oh, thank you, oh, Lallu,
We thought with the permit, our life to accrue.
The world won't know, secretly, poison we chew,
We went to a shop, "Two poisons," we imbue.
He spoke, "That is the conqueror, but show the permit to you!"

When Majnu asked Laila for marriage,
She said, "Ask not me, meet my father's carriage."
The old man's hookah filled, he spoke with a glower,
"What madness is this? First, the permit, to you I empower!"
Permit, permit, permit,
To the permit, we submit.
Without the permit in this world,
Not two days can be lived.
Permit, permit, permit.