فَكَأَنّي بِعُمَيرٍ
مَنكَ قَد سَلَّ الحُشاشَةُ
So it seems to me that Omair,
Whom the arrow of death has struck,
أَنتَ وَاللَهِ كَما حا
مَت عَلى النارِ الفَراشَهُ
By God, you are even as a moth
That perished in flames on the hearth.
فَكَأَنّي بِعُمَيرٍ
مَنكَ قَد سَلَّ الحُشاشَةُ
So it seems to me that Omair,
Whom the arrow of death has struck,
أَنتَ وَاللَهِ كَما حا
مَت عَلى النارِ الفَراشَهُ
By God, you are even as a moth
That perished in flames on the hearth.