He flies from the busy centre and the market-place, in which, as the poet says, men become distinguished; he creeps into a corner for the rest of his life, and talks in a whisper with three or four admiring youths, but never speaks out like a freeman in a satisfactory manner.
Oraintxe nioena gertatzen baitzaio gizon horri, guztiz bikaina izanda ere gizontasuna galtzen du hiri eta plaza erditik ihesi, gizonak ospetsu bihurtzen diren tokiak poetaren arabera, gainerako bizitza ezkutatuta pasatzen du hiru edo lau mutikorekin zoko batean xuxurlatzen, inoiz ezer aske, handi eta baliotsurik esan gabe.