Verily, my brother, if thou knewest but a people's need, its land, its sky, and its neighbour, then wouldst thou divine the law of its surmountings, and why it climbeth up that ladder to its hope.
Zinez, ene anaia, herri baten premia eta lurra eta zerua eta auzoa aurrena ezagutzetik hasi baldin bazara: igarriko diozu zein duen gainditzeen legea, eta zergatik eskilara honetatik bere itxaropenera igotzen den.