The old river in its broad reach rested unruffled at the decline of day, after ages of good service done to the race that peopled its banks, spread out in the tranquil dignity of a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth.
Ibai zaharra zegoen-zegoenean geratu zen bere bokale zabalean eguna amaitzean, bere hegietan bizi zen arrazari mendez mende zerbitzu onak eskaini ondoren, lurbirako bazterrik urrunenetara gidatzen duen ubide baten duintasun patxadatsuan luzatua.