I had become again the man clad in leather and iron, putting aside all that is not immediate, sustained by the routines of a hard life, though somewhat slower than of old to mount my horse, or to dismount, somewhat more taciturn, perhaps more somber, surrounded as ever (the gods alone know why) by a devotion from the troops which was both religious and fraternal.
Berriro nintzen larrukiz eta burdinaz jantzitako gizona, bertan beherakoa ez den oro alde batera uztera behartua, bizimodu gogor baten usadioek ez bestek sostengatua, zaldira igotzen edo zalditik jaisten, hori bai, garai batean baino motelagoa, apur bat isilagoa, beharbada goibelagoa, beti bezala (jainkoek bakarrek dakikete zergatik) gudari guztien atxikimendu eta onginahi aldi berean idolatra eta anaikorraz inguratua.