إِنْif كَانَتِwas الآدَابُliterature أَضْحَتْhas become جَنَّةًa garden
إِنْ كَانَتِ الآدَابُ أَضْحَتْ جَنَّةً
فَلَقَدْthen indeed غَداhas become جَنَّانَهَاits gardener الْجَنَّانُal-Jannān
فَلَقَدْ غَدا جَنَّانَهَا الْجَنَّانُ
If literature has become a garden,
then al-Jannān has surely become its gardener.
أَقْلاَمُهُhis pens القُضْبُthe branches اللِّدَانُsupple بِدَوْحِهَاamong its great trees
أَقْلاَمُهُ القُضْبُ اللِّدَانُ بِدَوْحِهَا
وَالزَّهْرُand the flowers مَاwhat رَقَمَتْهُinscribed it مِنْهُfrom him بَنَانُfingertips
وَالزَّهْرُ مَا رَقَمَتْهُ مِنْهُ بَنَانُ
His pens are the supple branches among its great trees,
and its flowers are what his fingertips have inscribed.
Sol 6.1