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ساقی

THE CUP-BEARER

اردو Urdu3 versesrecitation available

This short poem is difficult to understand. It compares the intoxication of the material kind, which may be caused by intoxicants or the arrogance of material wealth, with the ecstasy of the wine of m‘arifah which gives additional sanity in the form of insight into spiritual truths to the one who drinks it.

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Recited by Zia Mohiuddin · streamed from iqbal.com.pk (International Iqbal Society)

نشہ پلا کے گرانا تو سب کو آتا ہےمزا تو جب ہے کہ گرتوں کو تھام لے ساقی

Nasha Pila Ke Girana To Sub Ko Ata HaiMaza To Jab Hai Ke Girton Ko Thaam Le Saqi

Everyone knows how to throw down people with intoxicantsThe fun is to convert the intoxicated one to sanity, O cup-bearer

جو بادہ کش تھے پرانے، وہ اٹھتے جاتے ہیںکہیں سے آب بقائے دوام لے ساقی!

Jo Badah Kash The Purane, Woh Uthte Jate HainKaheen Se Aab-e-Baqaye Dawam Le Saqi!

Those who were the old wine-drinkers are gradually departingBring the water of immortality from somewhere, O cup-bearer

کٹی ہے رات تو ہنگامہ گستری میں تریسحر قریب ہے، اللہ کا نام لے ساقی!

Kati Hai Raat To Hangama Gustari Mein TeriSehar Qareeb Hai, Allah Ka Name Le Saqi!

Your whole night has passed in tumult and clamorThe dawn is close remember God, O cup-bearer!

From Bang-e-Dara (1924) by Allama Muhammad Iqbal · verified text, Iqbal Academy Pakistan

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