for it would volatilise itself in some way before I could touch it, just as an incandescent body which is moved towards something wet never actually touches moisture, since it is always preceded, itself, by a zone of evaporation.
lurrundu ere egiten zen nolabait nik harekin kontaktu egin baino lehen, hala nola gorputz gori batek, objektu busti baterantz hurbiltzerakoan, ez duen inoiz beronen hezetasuna ukitzen, bere aurretik lurruntze-geruza bat baitarama beti.