I say nothing of those moments of rapture when the sacred cloth, the imperial purple, which I so seldom consented to wear, was thrown over the shoulders of the youth who was fast becoming for me my Genius;
Ez dut gehiegi hitz egin nahi purpura inperiala, oihal santua, soinean jantzita eramateaz hain gutxitan etsi ohi nintzèn huraxe, benetako neure Jeinu bilakatua zitzaidàn pertsonaren sorbalden gainean jarri ohi nuèn eldarniozko momentu zoragarriez: