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Ghazal: La Phir Ek Baar Wahi Baadah-o-Jaam Aye Saaqi

La Phir Ek Baar Wahi Baadah-o-Jaam Aye Saaqi!
Haath Aajaye Mujhe Mera Maqaam Aye Saaqi!
O Cup-bearer! Give me again that wine of 'love for You';
Let me gain the real place, my soul desires!

Teen So Saal Se Hain Hind Ke Mai-Khaane Band;
Ab Munaasib Hai Tera Faiz Ho Aam Aye Saaqi!
For Three hundred years the wine-shops of India are closed.
Now is the time Your Triumph should be made popular, O Saaqi

Mere Maina-e-Ghazal Mein Thi Zara Si Baaki;
Shaikh Kehta Hai Ke, "Hai Ye Bhi Haraam", Aye Saaqi!
My lyrical vein was all dried up, with little remains.
The Shaik decrees that, "Even this is prohibited", O Saaqi!

Sher Mardon Se Hua Baisha-e-Tehqeeq Tahi!
Reh Gaye Sufi-o-Mullah Ke Ghulam Aey Saaqi!
The whole Nation is Empty with the Lion Charactered Men
Now that we are the Slaves of the so called Sufi & Mullah,O Saaqi

Ishq Ki Taigh-e-Jigar Daar Uda Li Kisne?
ILM Kay Haath Mein Khali Hai Nayaam Aey Saaqi!
Who Snatched Away the Piercing Sword of Love (Strong Faith)?
Knowledge is Left With an Empty Sheath Alone, O Saaqi!

Seenah Roshan Ho, Tho Hai Soz-o-Sukhan Ain-e-Hayaat;
Ho Na Roshan, Tho Sukhan Marg-e-Dawaam Aey Saaqi.
With a luminous soul the power of song is life;
With a darkened soul that power is eternal death.

Tu Meri Raat Ko Mehtaab Se Meroom Na Rakh;
Tere Paimaane Mein Hai Mah-e-Tamaam Aye Saaqi.
A full moon glistens in Your brimful cup;
Deprive me not of its silver beams at night.

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