He strove to forget them in an act of prayer, huddling his limbs closer together and binding down his eyelids: but the senses of his soul would not be bound and, though his eyes were shut fast, he saw the places where he had sinned and, though his ears were tightly covered, he heard.
Ahaleginak egin zituen otoitzaren bidez ahazten, soin-adarrak elkarganatuta kuzkurtuz eta begiak itxiz, baina arimaren zentzumenak menderatzerik ez zegoen eta, begiak gogor itxita zituen arren, bekatu egin zueneko lekuak ikusten zituen eta, belarriak ondo estaliak zituen arren, entzun egiten zuen.