S. R. Faruqi:

(1) Fellows, please excuse me, I'm rather tipsy.
If you wish to give me a glass, give it empty. I'm rather tipsy.

(2) Give me just a mouthful in each round.
Please don't pour me a full glass. I'm rather tipsy.

(3) My conversation is topsy-turvy because I am dead drunk.
Now say what you like or even rebuke me. I'm rather tipsy.

(4) Take me in your hands like a bowl of wine,
or come with me some distance wherever I go. I'm rather tipsy.

(5) If my feet stumble and I am wrong-footed, there's a reason and I should be forgiven.
Please don't be heavy-handed with me. I'm rather tipsy.

(6) Well, the Friday prayer at the mosque won't run away, will it?
I'm ready to go, but stay with me a minute. I'm rather tipsy.

[The Friday prayer is somewhat more important than the daily five prayers and must be performed in a mosque, behind a prayer leader.]

(7) "Mir ji, you have a hell of a temper!"
"Well, don't be as free with me as the wine glass is. I'm rather tipsy."

 

FWP:

(inspired by SRF's translation)

(1) Friends, please excuse me, I'm a bit drunk.
Give me only an empty glass, I'm a bit drunk.

(2) Give me just a mouthful in each round.
Please don't pour me a full glass, I'm a bit drunk.

(3) Intoxication has disordered my speech.
You can scold me if you want-- I'm a bit drunk.

(4) Take me in hand, like a glass of wine,
Or else walk with me a little way. I'm a bit drunk.

(5) Forgive me if my feet move clumsily.
Don't be cross with me. I'm a bit drunk.

(6) It's not as if the Friday prayers will run off somewhere!
I'll go along with you-- just wait a little. I'm a bit drunk.

(7) 'Mir-ji you have a hell of a temper!'
'Well, don't get in my face like a wine glass! I'm a bit drunk.'

 

Zahra Sabri:

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