‘realities’) is a title given to the semi-legendary set of 11 tales (hikayat; Gurmukhi: ਹਿਕਾਇਤਾ, romanized: Hikā'itā), composed in the Gurmukhi/Persian vernacular (with a few words in the Majha dialect),[3] whose authorship is traditionally attributed to Guru Gobind Singh.

Various scholars have claimed that Hikayats are not part of Zafarnama,[4] as in their viewpoint these tales do not show any relation with the letter[12] and was written by court poets.

Saki Give me the cup full of green (liquid) ਕਿ ਮਾਰਾ ਬਕਾਰਸਤ ਜੰਗ ਅੰਦਰੂੰ ॥੨੦॥ 'Which I need at the time of struggle(20) ਲਬਾਲਬ ਬਕੁਨ ਦਮ ਬਦਮ ਨੋਸ਼ ਕੁਨ ॥ 'Fill it up to the brim so that I can drink it with every breath ਗ਼ਮੇ ਹਰ ਦੁ ਆਲਮ ਫ਼ਰਾਮੋਸ਼ ਕੁਨ ॥੨੧॥੧੨॥

'And forget the afflictions of both the worlds(21)(12)[14]The themes of the "Saqi" (bartender) are also common tropes in mystical Sufi literature.

[15] As per Harbans Singh, the genre of the tales "ranges from the romantic and chivalrous to the fantastic and the macabre" and were written for the tastes of a medieval Indian audience.