How long will you foolish ones
A voice is raised in public

So easy to permit
Wisdom calls out in the street
We ignore it
You deserve it
You deserve it
Disaster, disaster sweeps over you
Like a whirlwind, a whirlwind
We should think before we say
The animal, the animal has overtaken
Disaster, disaster sweeps over you
Live your simple ways?
In the gateways of the city, she cries out

And simple ones hate knowledge
At the head of noisy streets, she will speak
We ignore it
It was something so important
We ignore it
Something so important

A voice is raised in public
And fools hate knowledge

Wisdom calls out in the street
Like a whirlwind, a whirlwind

We ignore it
The animal, the animal has overtaken
So easy to permit

At the head of noisy streets, she will speak
We should think before we say
In the gateways of the city, she cries out