Therefore, it is the writer’s task to first study the temperament of a character of his because it will greatly influence the way he will describe a human being’s emotions and character [or: morals]. The temperament may for instance be the reason for a person’s happiness or sadness.
AR: mahammaẗ, dars / dirāsatmazāǧ, taʔṯīr, takyīf, ʕawāṭif, ʔinsānʔaḫlāqmazāǧ, sabab/ʔasbāb EN: temperament, emotions, character
فصاحب المزاج السوداوي المتشائم الذي يرتاب في كلّ شيء - حتّى في صدق عواطف المرأة التي يحبّها وتحبّه - تساوره دائماً الأفكار المؤلمة المتضاربة ،
A melancholic pessimist who doubts in everything, even the sincerity of the feelings of the woman he loves and who loves him, will always be haunted by painful conflicting thoughts.
AR:…
فإذا قابل حبيبته لا يحدّثها عن الأشجار والطيور والأزهار ، بل عن ظنونه وآلامه ،
to the degree that he may charge her [p. iii] with moral depravity and shamelessness or accuse her of not loving him anymore and looking at another one;
AR:…
وهي تحاول بلطف أوّلاً أنْ تبرئ نفسها ممّا اتّهمها به ثمّ أنّها تغضب أخيراً لعناده وإصراره على اعتقاده أنّها مذنبة مجرمة وهي المحبّة المخلصة ،
she will then first try gently to exonerate herself from what he accuses her of, then she will eventually become angry because of his unrelenting insistence that she is a guilty criminal (while she actually loves him truly and faithfully).
AR:…
وقد يحملها أحياناً غضبها الشريف العادل على قول عبارات جارحة مهينة تؤدّي إلى افتراقهما الأبدي !
Her noble and just anger may then sometimes bring her to the point where she drops some injuring, insulting expressions, which in turn may lead to the two separating forever!
AR:…
فأين هذا التشاجر المعتلج الناري من تلك المغازلة الشعرية الهادئة الوديعة ؟
