Mughbachcha
A young Magian; the youthful attendant or cup-bearer of the fire-temple turned tavern, who serves the wine of love.
Literally: child of the Magian, young Magian
The young Magian server is part of the tavern cast inherited from Hafiz, the beautiful cup-bearer of the wine-house. In the symbolic reading the mughbachcha belongs to the world of true devotion that the ghazal sets against hollow piety.
Pir-e-mughaan
The 'Elder of the Magians', the old Zoroastrian wine-seller and master of the tavern; in Sufi symbolism the true spiritual guide who dispenses the wine of love.
Saaqi
The cup-bearer who pours the wine; in Sufi verse, the beloved, the spiritual guide, or God as the giver of the wine of love.
Kharaabaat
The tavern or wine-quarter, literally 'the ruins'; in Sufi poetry the place of self-annihilation where the wine of divine love is served.