يَدي لا تَعافُ الكأسَ أُنساً بشربِها

يَدي لا تَعافُ الكأسَ أُنساً بشربِها

وَلَكِن تعافُ الكأسَ مَع دنِسٍ وغدِ

وَلَكِن تعافُ الكأسَ مَع دنِسٍ وغدِ

My hand does not shrink from the cup, taking delight in drinking it;

My hand does not shun the cup, for the pleasure of drinking it;

My hand does not reject the cup, finding joy in drinking it,

But it shuns the cup when shared with a filthy, ignoble wretch.

but it shuns the cup in the company of a filthy knave.

But it rejects the cup when shared with a vile scoundrel.

عَلى مثلِها مِثلي يَكون مُنادِمي

عَلى مثلِها مِثلي يَكون مُنادِمي

فإِن لَم أَجِد مِثلي خَلوتُ بِها وَحدي

فإِن لَم أَجِد مِثلي خَلوتُ بِها وَحدي

Over such a cup, only one like me shall be my drinking companion;

Over such a cup, my drinking companion shall be one like me;

Over such a cup, my drinking companion must be my equal,

And if I find no peer, I retire with it alone.

so if I find no one like me, I retire alone with it.

And if I find no equal, I seclude myself with it alone.