EIGHT SUFI 'WINEBRINGER' POEMS IN MASNAVI FORM by Nizami, Hafiz, Zargun Khan, Fuzuli, Tahirih, Iqbal, Inayat Khan & Paul 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 (Spiritual Master or God) to bring wine whether in the material sense...