فِداؤُكَ نَفسي قَد طَرِبتُ إِلى الكَأسِ

فِداؤُكَ نَفسي قَد طَرِبتُ إِلى الكَأسِ

وَتُقتُ إِلى شَمِّ البَنَفسَجِ وَالآسِ

وَتُقتُ إِلى شَمِّ البَنَفسَجِ وَالآسِ

My soul be your ransom! I have yearned for the cup,

May my soul be your ransom; I am seized with desire for the cup,

and longed to smell violets and myrtle.

And I yearn to inhale the scent of violets and myrtle.

فَهَل لَكَ في أَن نَجعَلَ اليَومَ نُسكَنا

فَهَل لَكَ في أَن نَجعَلَ اليَومَ نُسكَنا

وَنَشرَبَها في البَيتِ سِرّاً مِنَ الناسِ

وَنَشرَبَها في البَيتِ سِرّاً مِنَ الناسِ

Would you, then, have us make today our rite,

So are you willing that we make this day our ritual,

and drink it at home, in secret from others?

And drink it within the house, hidden from the people?

فَإِن فَطِنوا قُلنا نَصارى وَعيدُهُم

فَإِن فَطِنوا قُلنا نَصارى وَعيدُهُم

وَلَيسَ لِشُربِ الراحِ في العيدِ مِن باسِ

وَلَيسَ لِشُربِ الراحِ في العيدِ مِن باسِ

If they catch on, we shall say, 'Christians, and their feast!'

If they notice, we shall say: "Christians, and this is their feast,

And there is no harm in drinking wine at the feast.

And there is no harm in drinking wine during the festival."

وَإِن أَكبَروا الإِفطارَ أَو شَنَّعوا بِهِ

وَإِن أَكبَروا الإِفطارَ أَو شَنَّعوا بِهِ

أَعَدنا لَهُم يَوماً جَديداً عَلى الراسِ

أَعَدنا لَهُم يَوماً جَديداً عَلى الراسِ

And if they deem breaking the fast grave, or raise an outcry over it,

But if they deem breaking the fast a grave matter or vilify it,

we shall make up a fresh day for them—gladly, upon our heads.

We shall gladly make up a new day for them in its place.