All these years I had avoided that city as if it were a grave; now I rambled down the familiar streets, sought out the old taverns and beer-gardens, and thought back on the wonderful years I had spent here.
Orain arte, urte guztietan, hilobi batetik bezala ihes egin izan nuen hiri honetatik, orain kale ezagunetan barrena harat-honat ibili nintzen, lehengo taberna eta jardin zaharrak bisitatu nituen eta saminik gabe pentsatu ahal izan nuen iraganeko urte ederretan.