background
saki is a persian word for a girl / boy who serves wine , but in ghazal terminology , its the epitome of beauty , intoxication , zeal and pursuit of love , loneliness and everything else . many wonderful and immortal ghazals have been woven around the theme of saki .
the ideal place for a (lesser mystic ) ghazal poet is the tavern , where his companion is loneliness , glass of wine and saki ....
perhaps , the greatest definition of saki is described in a famous song of hindi
banaaya hé mainé tujhé apna saaki
rahé kis tarah phir mere hosh baaki
(having made you my saaki , how can my worldly consciousness be left ??)
Like a homeless Bird searching for a tree , saki
To quench my sorrows i have come to thee , saki
Which one is more scarlet ? Your lips or this red wine
dark past ! red has been color of my glee , saki
Adrift i was , extended pause , mundane was life
Now embrace me like wind does to the sea , saki
Your glances make my heart dance till it gets tired
Pardon my tender heart , accept its plea , saki
Fortune never favored me , i have been tormented
my hopes are on you , please no treachery , saki
Let your golden locks dangle on your full moon face
let them dance , with your fragrance , set them free , saki
"rohit " is mad , he wanted to write something else ;
Your beauty makes many ghalibs awry , saki .....