And so I must set forth without viaticum; must climb each step of the staircase 'against my heart,' as the saying is, climbing in opposition to my heart's desire, which was to return to my mother, since she had not, by her kiss, given my heart leave to accompany me forth.
eskailerako maila bakoitza, herri-esaerak dioen bezala, "bihotzaren kontra" igo behar nik, bihotzaren aurka gorantz, bihotzak amaren ondora itzuli nahi baitzuen, hark ez ziolako, niri muxu emanez, niri jarraitzeko baimena emana.