Drunken Sufis and Wine Worship -- Spiritual Intoxication

Saqi

Serve the wine, Saqi, that burns my soul.
That burns away all regret
for this and that.

Give me a fire that melts me down,
Then carries away the water and annihilates my existence.

Give me a wine that makes me lost to self
That i might break the jug and return to the vat

Give me a wine that sets my
soul aflame,
That burns
away my heart and soul and takes away all thought.

Give me a wine that makes me so
drunk
That i am set free from the darkness of my existence

Give me a wine that drives me
mad,
That turns me into a stranger to all creation.

Give me a wine that relieves me of self
That i might reside securely at the corner of the tavern.

Let the Tavern of Unity become my abode,
So that my heart desires and beholds
nothing but God.

"Saqi" -- Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (Sufi Journal no. 41)