أَيُّها الغافِلُ الَّذي لَيسَ يُجدي

أَيُّها الغافِلُ الَّذي لَيسَ يُجدي

كَثرَةُ اللَومِ فيهِ وَالتَوبيخِ

كَثرَةُ اللَومِ فيهِ وَالتَوبيخِ

O heedless one, whom it does no good

O heedless one, for whom blame

to blame and rebuke so much!

And admonishment are futile,

إِنَّها غَفلَةٌ لَكَ الوَيلُ مِنها

إِنَّها غَفلَةٌ لَكَ الوَيلُ مِنها

ما رَواها الرُواةُ في تاريخِ

ما رَواها الرُواةُ في تاريخِ

Indeed, it is heedlessness—woe to you for it—

Beware this heedlessness, for it shall be

that no chroniclers have recorded in any history.

Your ruin, as the historians relate in chronicles,

وَكَما قيلَ هَب بِأَنَّكَ أَعمى

وَكَما قيلَ هَب بِأَنَّكَ أَعمى

كَيفَ تَخفى رَوائِحُ البَطّيخِ

كَيفَ تَخفى رَوائِحُ البَطّيخِ

And as has been said, suppose you are blind:

And it has been said: pretend that you are blind,

How can the scents of melons escape you?

How could you miss the scent of melons?