From the day in May when my ill-luck began I could so clearly notice my gradually increasing debility; I had become, as it were, too languid to control or lead myself whither I would go.
Nire makurraldiak hasi zireneko Maiatzako egun hartatik, argi sumatzen nuen ahulezi hazkor bat, neure burua joan nahi nuen lekuetara zuzendu eta eramateko makalegi bihurtu banintz bezala;