Never had he felt the joy of the word more sweetly, never had he known so clearly that Eros dwells in language, as during those perilously precious hours in which, seated at his rough table under the awning, in full view of his idol and with the music of his voice in his ears, he used Tadzio's beauty as a model for his brief essay-that page and a half of exquisite prose which with its limpid nobility and vibrant controlled passion was soon to win the admiration of many.
Ez zuen inoiz eztitasun handiagoz hitzaren plazerra sentitu, ezta jakitunago egon ere Eros hartan bizi zenaz, ordu arriskugarriro preziatu haietan, toldopeko mahai zakarrean eserita, bere idoloaren aurrean eta haren ahots-musika belarrian zuela, Tadzioren edertasunean inspiraturik entsegu labur bati eitea eman zionean bezala, orri eta erdi prosa hautari, zeinaren gardentasun, noblezia eta lirismo teinkatu eta bibrakorrak, handik gutxira, jende askoren miresmena eragingo baitzuen.