a ban on you, a curse on you-you jade!" For Brandolaccio, who was superstitious, like most bandits, feared he might cast a spell on a child if he blessed it or praised it, seeing it is a well-known fact that the mysterious powers that rule the Annocchiatura have a vile habit of fulfilling our wishes in the very opposite sense to that we give them.
Madarika zaitzatela, alproja hori! Bidelapur askoren gisa, Brandolaccio sineskeriazale zen eta bere bedeinkapen eta laudorioez umeei ez zien kalte egin nahi. Izan ere, Annochiaturaren indarrek gure asmoei kontra egiteko ohitura gaiztoa dute.