"It may well be," he said, in his sudden lyrical manner, "it may well be on such a night of clouds and cruel colours that there is brought forth upon the earth such a portent as a respectable poet.
-Ez da zer harritu-esan zuen, bere modu tupustean liriko hartan-, ez da zer harritu, honelako gau hodeiz eta kolore ankerrez betean, poeta prestu bat den bezalako miragarri bat sortu izana lurrera.