Uniting hope with desire, I only complied with that natural impulse, which makes us wish to draw as near as possible to the happiness we are in pursuit of-and you have mistaken that for vanity, which is nothing more than ardour.
Esperantza elkarturik desirari, makurtu baizik ez naiz egin bila ari garen zorionetik betiere ahalik hurbilena jarrarazten gaituen bultzada berezkoari; eta zuk harrokeriaren ondoriotzat hartu duzu nire lehiaren ondorioa baizik ez zena.