The lama, very straight and erect, the deep folds of his yellow clothing slashed with black in the light of the parao fires precisely as a knotted tree-trunk is slashed with the shadow of the long sun, addressed a tinsel and lacquered ruth which burned like a many-coloured jewel in the same uncertain light.
Tente-tente jarrita, arropa horiaren tolesdura handiak parao-ko suen argitan marra beltzez apainduak, enbor korapilatsu batean jartzen ari den eguzkiak sortzen dituen bezalakoxe itzal zehatzak, ruth urrezko eta lakatu batekin ari zen hizketan lama, kolore askotako bitxi bat bezala erretzen argi dardarati beraren pean.