And what he craved, indeed, was to work on it in Tadzio's presence, to take the boy's physique for a model as he wrote, to let his style follow the lineaments of this body which he saw as divine, and to carry its beauty on high into the spiritual world, as the eagle once carried the Trojan shepherd boy up into the ether.
Areago oraindik, bere guraria Tadzioren aurrean lan egitea zen, idaztean mutikoaren irudia eredutzat hartzea, bere estiloari gorputz haren lerroak segiaraztea, zeinari jainkotiar baitzeritzon, eta bere edertasuna izpiritu-mailara jasotzea, behiala arranoak artzain troiarra eterera jaso zuenez.