In former times, having often thought with terror that a day must come when he would cease to be in love with Odette, he had determined to keep a sharp look-out, and as soon as he felt that love was beginning to escape him, to cling tightly to it and to hold it back.
Aspaldi zuen pentsatua Swannek, izu larriz, egunen batean utzi egingo ziola Odettez maitemindua izateari, eta bere buruari agindua emana ere bai erne egoteko eta, amodioa iraungitzen hasia zitzaiola sumatu orduko, hari atxikitzeko, hari eusteko.