Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express – Saqi

Official video for ’Saqi’ from the album ‘Ranjha’ by Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express.
Available now on Limited Edition Coral & Red Splatter Gatefold vinyl, CD and digitally.
Order here: https://worldcircuit.lnk.to/Ranjha

FILM CREDITS
Director – Ian Patrick
Camera – Arne Warmington
Art Direction – Shin Katan
Producer – Jitin Abraham John

SAQI LYRICS (In Hindi)
Saqi – साक़ी
साक़ी तेरे दम से है आबाद ये मैख़ाना
साक़ी तेरे दम से है आबाद ये मैख़ाना
साक़ी तेरे दम से है आबाद ये मैख़ाना
तू ज़ीनत-ए-साग़र है, तू रौनक़-ए-मैख़ाना
साक़ी तेरे दम से है आबाद ये मैख़ाना
मैं ख़ादिम-ए-ख़्वाजा हूँ, मैं बंदा-ए-उस्मान हूँ
ज़ाहिर मेरा शाहाना, बातिन है फ़क़ीराना
साक़ी तेरे दम से है…
दम क़दम से है

चस्पा
तजल्ली-ए-रुख़-ए-शम्सुज़्ज़ुहा ग़रीब नवाज़
जमाल-ए-हज़रत-ए-बद्रुद्दुजा ग़रीब नवाज़
नियाज़-ओ-नाज़ का कैसा हसीन मंज़र है
इधर ग़रीब खड़े हैं उधर ग़रीब नवाज़
ख़ुदा के वास्ते महशर में लाज रख लेना
के हम ग़रीब तुम्हारे या ग़रीब नवाज़
साक़ी तेरे दम क़दम से है, साक़ी तेरे….

SAQI LYRICS (in English)
Saqi tere dam se hai aabad ye maikhana
Saqi tere dam se hai aabad ye maikhana
Saqi tere dam se hai aabad ye maikhana
Tu zeenat-e-saaghar hai, tu raunaq-e-maikhana
Saqi tere dam se hai aabad ye maikhana
Main khadim-e-Khwaja hoon, main banda-e-Usman hoon
Zaahir mera shahana, baatin hai faqirana
Saqi tere dum se hai…
Dum qadam se hai 

Chaspa:
Tajalli-e-rukh-e-shamsuzzuha Ghareeb Nawaaz
Jamaal-e-hazrat-e-badrudduja Ghareeb Nawaaz
Niyaaz-o-naaz ka kaisa haseen manzar hai
Idhar ghareeb khadein hain udhar Ghareeb Nawaaz
Khuda ke vaaste mehshar mein laaj rakh lena
Ke hum ghareeb tumhare Ya Ghareeb Nawaaz
Saqi tere dum qadam se hai, Saqi tere….

SAQI TRANSLATION
Poetry by the Sufi Saint Hazrat Nawab Khadim Hasan Gudri Shah Baba III
Translated by Dr. Rakhshanda Jalil
It is you, O Cupbearer, who breathes life into this tavern
You are the goblet’s beauty, you are the tavern’s liveliness
Whereas I am a servant of Khwaja, a slave of Usman
Outwardly royal, yet inwardly a humble faqir
(Chaspa: A fragment of a verse by another poet woven into the main poem: By unknown)
With a brilliance like the face of the sun, O Helper of the Poor
With a beauty like that of our Prophet, O Helper of the Poor
What a beautiful sight of coquetry and supplication you present
The poor stand on one side and the Helper of the Poor on the other
Save us, for God’s sake, on the Day of Resurrection
For we, the poor, are yours, O Helper of the Poor
O Cupbearer it is you, it is you, who….

SONG CREDITS
’Saqi’ by Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood & The Rajasthan Express
Shye Ben Tzur – Vocals, Guitar, Flute
Jonny Greenwood – Guitar, Bass Guitar, Ondes Martenot, Keyboard, Drum Machine & Computers
Nathulal Solanki – Nagara
Zakir Ali Qawwal – Qawwali Vocal, Harmonium 
Aamir Bhiyani – Trumpet
Ehtisham Khan Ajmeri – Dholak, Qawwali Chorus
Nafees Khan Ajmeri – Qawwali Vocal
Qawwali Chorus – Raish Naimee, Shabbir Khan, Shazeeb Khan, Sitab Khan, Sohrab Khan, 
Ateeq Hussain Khan, Kashif Hussain Khan, Shafi Ullah Khan, Salman Hussain Khan

Composed by Shye Ben Tzur
Arranged by Shye Ben Tzur and Jonny Greenwood
Produced by Sam Petts-Davies with Jonny Greenwood
Recorded, mixed and engineered by Sam Petts-Davies
Recording Engineer Oli Middleton
Mastered by Matt Colton 

Original project conceived by Sharona Katan
Art directors Shin Katan and Ian Patrick
Photography and Art by Shin Katan
Album Design and Visuals by Ian Patrick
Managed by Brian Message, Jitin Abraham and Julie Calland