An hour, a few minutes before, I had prided myself on knowing what love was and desire and longing, but it had been the love and the longing of an old man.
Zuela ordu bete oraindik, une batzuk lehenago, uste izan nuen nahiko ongi nekiela zer zen maitasuna, zer grina, zer gogoa, baina hura gizon zahar baten maitasuna eta gogoa zen.