For art, as we understand it, is the ability to arouse [in us] a strong and noble feeling that we enjoy feeling creep into us, producing in our hearts a drunk, capturing pleasure. It takes control over us and refines our morals / makes us civilized.
AR: fann, ʔīǧād, ʔiḥsās, rāqin, qawiyy (quwwaẗ), laḏḏaẗ, qalb (qulūb), nufūs (nafs), tahḏīb EN: pleasure, refines our morals / makes us civilized
ولا شيء خليق بإيجاد هذا الإحساس سوى الحقيقة لأنّها تهز أليافاً دقيقة في أعماق قلوبنا ،
5 | We would have liked to dedicate one chapter like this to the study of the language of affects and emotions that the writers of the emerging new generation have begun to employ in their writings,