The strings emitted a plaintive, pleasant sound in the still air, but, with the exception of a few brief initial grace notes, nothing resulted from the educated valet's efforts:
Soken soinua zinkurinatsu eta atsegingarri aditzen zen aire geldi-geldian, baina hasierako irrixta labur bat izan ezik, taxuzko doinurik ez zen sortu gelazain ikasiarengandik: