مِزاجُكما الخمَرَ بالماءِ لُومُ

مِزاجُكما الخمَرَ بالماءِ لُومُ

دَعاهَا كما ولدتْها الكُرومُ

دَعاهَا كما ولدتْها الكُرومُ

For you two to mix the wine with water is cause for reproach.

Your mixing wine with water is shameful.

Leave it just as the grapevines brought it forth.

Leave it as the vines bore it.

وحُثَّا ولا تَخْشَيَا نَشْوَتي

وحُثَّا ولا تَخْشَيَا نَشْوَتي

فغَيري المُسيءُ عليها المَلُومُ

فغَيري المُسيءُ عليها المَلُومُ

Press on, then, and do not fear my intoxication;

And hasten the drinking; do not fear my intoxication.

for another, who misbehaves under its spell, is the one to blame.

For another, not I, is the offender blamed for it.

لأنّي يَسُرّ ارتياحي المُدام

لأنّي يَسُرّ ارتياحي المُدام

ويَرضى خصالي عليها النَّديمُ

ويَرضى خصالي عليها النَّديمُ

For wine gladdens my high spirits,

For my merriment gladdens the wine,

and under its spell my drinking-companion approves my ways.

And my drinking companion approves of my ways over it.

خليليّ قد جَنَّ ثوبُ الدُّجَى

خليليّ قد جَنَّ ثوبُ الدُّجَى

وطاب الهواءُ ورَقَّ النسيمُ

وطاب الهواءُ ورَقَّ النسيمُ

My two companions, the cloak of deep night has fallen;

My two friends, the robe of darkness has fallen,

the air is sweet, the breeze grown gentle.

And the air has grown pleasant, and the breeze gentle.

فإن لم يكن فيكما مُسْعِدٌ

فإن لم يكن فيكما مُسْعِدٌ

فإنّي بإسعاد نَفْسي زعيمُ

فإنّي بإسعاد نَفْسي زعيمُ

So if neither of you will help bring me joy,

So if neither of you will bring me cheer,

I myself will undertake to gladden my soul.

Then I undertake to cheer myself.

فقد حلّ بُولاقَ وَفْدُ السُّرورِ

فقد حلّ بُولاقَ وَفْدُ السُّرورِ

وطاب لنا في رُبَاها النَّعِيم

وطاب لنا في رُبَاها النَّعِيم

For the delegation of joy has now arrived in Bulaq,

For the delegation of joy has arrived in Bulaq,

and bliss is sweet for us upon its heights.

And bliss has grown sweet for us upon its heights.