
La Phir Aik Bar Wohi Badah-o-Jaam Ae Saqi!
(لا پھر ایک بار وہی بادہ و جام اے ساقی)
Set out once more that cup, that wine, oh Saki! La Phir Ek Baar Wohi Bada-o-Jaam Ae Saqi
Haath Aa Jaye Mujhe Mera Maqam Ae Saqi
Set out once more that cup, that wine, oh Saki—
Let my true place at last be mine, oh Saki!
Ab Munasib Hai Tera Faiz Ho Aam Ae Saqi
And now for your largesse we pine, oh Saki
Meri Meenaye Ghazal Mein Thi Zara Si Baqi
Sheikh Kehta Hai K Hai Ye Bhi Haraam Ae Saqi
My flask of poetry held the last few drops—
Unlawful, says our crabb’d devine, oh Saki.
Sher Mardon Se Huwa Baisha-e-Tehqeeq Tehi
Men grovel before the priest, or the saint’s shrine, oh Saki.
Ishq Ki Taigh-e-Jigardar Ura Li Kis Ne
Ilm Ke Hath Mein Khali Hai Niyam Ae Saqi
About an empty scabbard Wisdom’s hands twine, oh Saki
Sina Roshan Ho Tou Hai Souz-e-Sukhan Ayn-e-Hayat
Ho Na Roshan, Tou Sukhan Marg-e-Dawam Ae Saqi
Verse lights up life, while heart burns bright,
But fades for ever when those rays decline, oh Saki!
Tu Meri Raat Ko Mehtaab Se Mehroom Na Rakh
Bereave not of its moon my night;
I see a full moon in your goblet shine, oh Saki!