لَجَلسَةٌindeed, a sitting مَعwith أَديبٍa man of letters فيin مُذاكَرَةٍdiscussion
لَجَلسَةٌ مَع أَديبٍ في مُذاكَرَةٍ
أَنفيI banish بِهاthrough it الهَمَّworry أَوor اِستَجلِبُI summon الطَرَباdelight
أَنفي بِها الهَمَّ أَو اِستَجلِبُ الطَرَبا
Indeed, a sitting with a man of letters in discussion,
A session with a man of letters, conversing,
through which I banish worry or summon delight,
Through which I dispel worries or summon joy.
أَشهىmore pleasing إِلَيَّto me مِنthan الدُنياthe world وَزُخرُفِهاand its splendor
أَشهى إِلَيَّ مِن الدُنيا وَزُخرُفِها
وَمِلئِهاand its fill فِضَّةًsilver أَوor مِلئِهاits fill ذَهَباgold
وَمِلئِها فِضَّةً أَو مِلئِها ذَهَبا
is more pleasing to me than the world and its splendor,
Dearer to me than this world and its vain glitter,
and its fill of silver or its fill of gold.
Were it filled with silver or filled with gold.
Sol 6.1