He half fancied that he was gazing at some bay left dry by the receding tide, with the seaweed steaming in the sun, the bare rocks drying, and the beach smelling strongly of the brine.
Hantxe badia bat zegoela iruditzen zitzaion, urak atzera egin eta eguzkipean itsas belarrei lurrina zerienean; arroka biluziak lehortzen dira, harribiletatik kresal bafada sarkorra hedatzen da ingurura.