طالhas lasted long علىfor البصرةBasra إشفاقيmy anxious concern
طال على البصرة إشفاقي
وبتُّand I spent the night منfrom خوفٍfear علىon ساقِa leg
وبتُّ من خوفٍ على ساقِ
Long has my concern for Basra endured;
My anxious concern for Basra has lasted long,
My yearning for Basra has grown long
I spent the night poised to flee in fear.
And fear kept me on my feet through the night.
I spend the nights anxious and distraught
لاdo not تأمنdeem safe الخسفbeing swallowed by the earth علىfor بلدةٍa town
لا تأمن الخسف على بلدةٍ
أميرُهاits governor الفضلal-Fadl بنson of إسحاقِIshaq
أميرُها الفضل بن إسحاقِ
Do not deem a city safe from being swallowed by the earth
Do not think a town safe from being swallowed by the earth,
No town is safe from sinking into the abyss
when its governor is al-Faḍl ibn Isḥāq.
Whose governor is al-Fadl ibn Ishaq.
When its ruler is Al-Fadl bin Ishaq
Sol 6.1