يا أَيُّها الغُمرُ الذي

يا أَيُّها الغُمرُ الذي

مع كل ريحٍ مائِلُ

مع كل ريحٍ مائِلُ

O callow, audacious fool,

O you simpleton who

swaying with every wind—

Leans with every wind,

لو كانت الرُهبان مثلك

لو كانت الرُهبان مثلك

كلُّهم يا ذاهلُ

كلُّهم يا ذاهلُ

if the monks were like you,

If the monks were like you,

every one of them, O heedless one,

All of them, O heedless one,

لغَدَوا كوالدة الثلا

لغَدَوا كوالدة الثلا

ثة إذ يقول القائلُ

ثة إذ يقول القائلُ

they would become like the mother of the—

They would become like the mother of three,

—three, when the speaker says:

As the speaker says:

الحَملُ فيهم نادرٌ

الحَملُ فيهم نادرٌ

والطَلقُ فيهم قاتلُ

والطَلقُ فيهم قاتلُ

“Pregnancy among them is rare,

Pregnancy among them is rare,

and labor among them is fatal.”

And labor among them is fatal.