In English
“hard-ears (disobedient) child burns in the hot sun”
Meaning
'Aiz-haad pickney bun a sun hot' — the hard-ears (disobedient) child gets burned in the hot sun. A child, or anyone, who refuses to listen to advice ends up suffering the very consequences the warning was meant to spare them, the proverb teaches. 'Aiz-haad' (ears-hard) means stubborn and disobedient, the one who will not heed, and the saying warns that such a person learns only the hard way, through the painful outcome they were told to avoid. It is a favourite rebuke to the child who won't take good counsel.
Examples
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Mi did tell him fi tek him time, but him nuh listen; aiz-haad pickney bun a sun hot.
I told him to be careful, but he wouldn't listen; the disobedient one suffers for it.
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She never heed di warning an now she a pay; aiz-haad pickney bun a sun hot.
She ignored the warning and now she's paying; those who won't listen get burned.
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Listen to di advice — aiz-haad pickney bun a sun hot.
Heed the advice — the hard-eared child gets burned in the sun.
Origin
'Aiz-haad' (ears-hard) = deaf to advice, stubborn; the image is of a child who ignores the call to come in and is left out to suffer in the burning sun — disobedience brings its own punishment.
How it’s used
Said to or about someone who ignores good advice and reaps the consequences. See [[aiz-haad]] / [[pickney]].