Hafiz and the Book of the Winebringer (Saqi-nama): Anthology of this Genre in Sufi Poetry

HAFIZ AND THE BOOK OF THE WINEBRINGER (SAQI-NAMA) Anthology of this Genre in Sufi Poetry Translations & Introduction Paul Smith The Saqi-nama or 'Book of the Winebringer' (Cupbearer) is a genre of poetry where the poet or drinker or seeker or devotee calls upon the saqi (sometimes spelt saki) or winebringer or cupbearer or waiter or waitress or spiritual master to bring wine whether in the material sense of juice from the grape or in the spiritual sense of it symbolising Truth, Love, Grace,...