They say he was given a beating not too long ago, but wasn't kept down for long: in an obscure little article, hidden in an obscure little journal, he implied that the fellow who beat him was a coward. He calls this irony.
Diotenez, baten batek jipoitu du duela gutxi, baina berak ordaina bihurtu dio: jipoitzailea koldarra dela eman du aditzera aldizkari ilun batean argitaraturiko artikulu ilun batean. Ironia deitzen dio horri.