Τοῦ Διὸς ὁ παῖς ὁ Βάκχος,
The son of Zeus, Bacchus,
ὁ λυσίφρων ὁ Λυαῖος, ὁ Λυαῖος, ὁ Λυαῖος
the liberator of mind, the Lyaeos, the Lyaeos, the Lyaeos
ὅταν εἰς φρένας τὰς ἐμάς εἰσέλθηι,
when he enters in our mind,
εἰσέλθηι μεθυδώτας, μεθυδώτας, μεθυδώτας,
by making it drunk, making it drunk, making it drunk
διδάσκει με, διδάσκει με, διδάσκει με χορεύειν (×2)
he teaches me, he teaches me, he teaches me to dance [x2]
ἔχω δέ τι καὶ τερπνόν o,
and I the lover of drunkenness have,
ὁ τᾶς μέθας ἐραστάς, ὁ τᾶς μέθας ἐραστάς,
desire for satisfaction, desire for satisfaction,
μετὰ κρότων, μετ᾽ ὠιδᾶς τέρπει με κἀφροδίτα, ἀφροδίτα, ἀφροδίτα, διδάσκει με, διδάσκει με, διδάσκει με χορεύειν (×2)
with beats and songs makes me happly as does Aphrodite, Aphrodite, Aphrodite
πάλιν θέλω χορεύειν, χορεύειν. (×4)
he teaches me, he teaches me, he teaches me to dance [x2]