I seized a large man of war, tied a cable to the prow, and, lifting up the anchors, I stripped myself, put my clothes (together with my coverlet, which I carried under my arm) into the vessel, and, drawing it after me, between wading and swimming arrived at the royal port of Blefuscu, where the people had long expected me:
Gerraontzi handi bat hartu, brankari kable bat lotu eta aingura jaso ondoren, jantziak erantzi nituen; gero, arropak (besapean ekarri nuen ohegainekoarekin batera) ontzian ipini, eta tiraka neure atzetik, batzuetan ibiz iraganez eta bestetan igerian, Blefuscuko errege-portura iritsi nintzen, han luzaroan zegoelarik jendea nire zain;