فَكَأَنّي بِعُمَيرٍ

فَكَأَنّي بِعُمَيرٍ

مَنكَ قَد سَلَّ الحُشاشَةُ

مَنكَ قَد سَلَّ الحُشاشَةُ

So it is as though I see ʿUmayr

So it seems to me that Omair,

having already drawn from you the last spark of life.

Whom the arrow of death has struck,

أَنتَ وَاللَهِ كَما حا

أَنتَ وَاللَهِ كَما حا

مَت عَلى النارِ الفَراشَهُ

مَت عَلى النارِ الفَراشَهُ

You are, by God, like

By God, you are even as a moth

the moth that circled over the fire.

That perished in flames on the hearth.