On a previous sojourn in the City I had seen her for the last time, this woman with the tired smile whom official nomenclature named my mother, and who was so much more, my sole friend among women.
Hiriburuan egina nuèn lehenagoko egonaldi batean ikusia nuen azkeneko aldiz irribarre apur bat nekatuzko emakume hura, nomenklatura ofizialak amatzat emana zidana eta niretzat hori baino askoz ere gehiago zena: nire laguntsa bakarra.