aankh ko jaam samajh
baitha tha anjaane mein
aankh ko jaam samajh
baitha tha anjaane mein
saaqiya hosh kahan tha
tere deewaane mein

jaane kis baat ki unko hain
shikayat mujhse
jaane kis baat ki unko hain
shikayat mujhse
naam tak jinka nahin hain
mere afsaane mein
saaqiya hosh kahan tha
tere deewane mein

dil ke tukdon se teri yaad ki
khushboo na gayi
dil ke tukdon se teri yaad ki
khushboo na gayi
hue main baaqi hain toote huye
paimane mein
saaqiya hosh kahan tha
tere deewane mein

dil-e-barbad mein
umeed ka aalam kya hain
dil-e-barbad mein
umeed ka aalam kya hain
timtimati huyi ik shama veerane mein
saaqiya hosh kahan tha
tere deewane mein

I mistook the eye for the chalice,
Unknowing, I sat in its gaze.
I mistook the eye for the chalice,
Unknowing, lost in a daze.
O, Saqi, where was my sense,
Lost in the beloved's maze?

What grievance could they possibly hold,
This unseen, unknown face?
What grievance could they possibly hold,
Against my heart's embrace?
Whose name does not even grace,
My whispered, untold space?
O, Saqi, where was my sense,
Lost in the beloved's maze?

From the shards of my heart, your memory,
Lingers, a fragrant trace.
From the shards of my heart, your memory,
Still perfumes this hollow place.
I remain, a shattered, broken case,
Within the fragmented space.
O, Saqi, where was my sense,
Lost in the beloved's maze?

In this ravaged heart, this desolate core,
What hope dares to take hold?
In this ravaged heart, this desolate core,
What hope can still unfold?
A flickering candle, brave and bold,
Within the barren cold.
O, Saqi, where was my sense,
Lost in the beloved's maze?