I loved a few friends (you were among them), but it was not so much my friends I loved as friendship-it was a craving for high-mindedness that made my devotion to them so great;
Banituen lagunak (zeuok barne) baina maiteago nuen adiskidantza adiskideak baino; beroa zen haienganako nire grina, baina jatortasunaren atzetik batik bat;