I aint an alcoholic
You can call me Ali co holic
Coz unlike yours,
My brand of wine aint pale
Such is the attitude of Sohail

Sohail won’t drink it in limits
Neither will he drink it limitless
There is a sweet little place in between
Sohail will drink it,
Resting on the purgatory
Will sip it within the veil
Such is the attitude of Sohail

I will eat the cursed fruit a thousand times
To get down on the earth
And fill up my glass with this holy wine
Don’t make me addicted
To the highest brand of alcohol
I might stop drinking from the scriptures
Fabricated by Imams, Priests and Pundits
With very less of a truth and lot of false
The hearts of these monks are sealed
O! Wine keeper
Wine cannot be stored,
In their sealed narrow hearts
For now pour the wine
Right inside the hole,
Of my broken heart
Such is the attitude of Sohail,
Aziz and Gaffar.

You won’t understand the specialty of this wine
O! Pundit, Priest and Sheikh
I can afford to lose the Heaven for it
A countless times
Such is the attitude of Sohail

My childhood
Won’t be enough for you trails?
The reason why I brought
My entire youth to be put on test
Don’t make my tomb in the Tavern
O! Lord
Make my tomb a Tavern instead
Let me be an old forgotten bottle
Your precious vintage
Such is the attitude of Sohail

My dad use to say,
Whenever something good happens
Say “Good” Thank you God
But when something bad happens
Say “Very Good”
Thank you very much my Lord
Such was the attitude of Syed Gaffar

But I have my own style
Or I could say his Quote,
I improvised,
When something good happens to me
I say “Good”
Thanks God, for the good to me
But when something bad befalls
I say “My bad”
For my own errors,
Came back and bit my own tail,
Such is the attitude of Sohail

I only blush and turn away
When these ignorant,
Ask of your secrets
It’s just their luck, someday
For I slip out a few words
For them to pen down
Serve him for the sake of your heart
Not for the sake of your body
Not for the sake of your wealth
Love him for the sake of your soul
Neither for the fear of hell
Nor for the greed of Bliss
Neither due to the fear of hell
Nor for the love of Bliss

My friendship with you
Begins from the moment I look at me
And ends at the moment I look at you
This is what I believe this is my faith
Such is the attitude of Sohail

Indeed I aint the Ocean of wine
I am but a small pot, with many holes
These Oceans are tired filling me up
They all failed to do so
But I still got space left in me
I’ve drunk them all
I’ve let them free flow
Yes I will visit your house
Yes I will pray
Yes I will bow I will kneel
Yes I will surely prostrate
Build me a mosque
A temple a church

A Place where people only pray
Coz here they do everything else
But pray, such is the attitude of Sohail

O! Allahi, I will speak the truth,
For you would know, if I lie,
Yes I tattooed your name on my hand
Wine of monotheism, my only brand
Now these people with envy
People crooked and lame
Can’t separate our names
Such is the attitude of Sohail
Allah is the name
Written in my vein
Such is the attitude of Sohail

What will I do landing into Heaven?
There they serve the immortal wine
The real alcohol is down here on the earth
Poured from your mesmerizing eyes
One neat peg right
From the pink eyes of Muhammad
An over filled one
From the sword-Zulfikhar of Ali
One pure peg filtered
From the scarf of Fatima
One on the rocks
From the blood of two martyrs
Hassan and Hussain
Grandsons of Muhammad
Serve me just these five pegs
Pour them right into my heart,
Directly from the keg

Once I’m drunk if I ever sin again
Then hang me by the neck
But fulfill my last wish
Before my soul getting ripped
Give me strength to scream and say
I am the lover, the staunchest lover
Of the five enigmas of Raeb
Coz just like Aziz and Gaffar
Is the attitude of Syed Sohail

Let our love and affection,
Get to such an extent
That we compete against each other
The moment I try to fulfill your wish
Be moment you fulfill this wish of mine
Keep my soul always in prostration,
Glorifying your name
Even though, my body aint present,
In the daily five times assemblage
Such a way Allahi,
Make the attitude of Sohail



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