Wine, the saaqi and the tavern — where intoxication turns to insight.
The wine here is rarely just wine.
tohmatein chand apne zimme dhar chale
jis liye aaye the so hum kar chale
arz-o-sama kahaan teri vus’at ko paa sake
mera hi dil hai wo ke jahaan tu samaa sake
ye ishq ye junoon ye hosh ye khirad
sab teri raah ke ghubaar hain mere khuda
dil-e-betaab ko manzil ka pata mil jaaye
is andheri si dagar mein koi diya mil jaaye
hai aaj vo hi jalwa-e-husn-e-azal magar
ab dekhne ko aankh nahin be-naqaab hai
patta patta boota boota haal hamaara jaane hai
jaane na jaane gul hi na jaane baagh to saara jaane hai
dikhaayi diye yun ke bekhud kiya
hamein aap se bhi juda kar chale
ibtida-e-ishq hai rota hai kya
aage aage dekhiye hota hai kya