the room, the bystanders, seemed very far away; and he really felt as if by those kisses he were taking possession of Sicily once more, of the lovely faithless land which the Falconeris had lorded over for centuries and which now, after a vain revolt, had surrendered to him again, as always to his people, its carnal delights and its golden crops.
eta mutilari egiatan iruditu zitzaion musu haiekin Siziliaz jabetzen zela, Falconeritarrek mendez mende uztarpean eduki eta, orain, alferreko bihurrialdi baten ondoren, haren urrezko uztekin eta haragizko atseginekin bere aurrean-beti beretarrekin gertatu ze bezala-errenditzen zen lur eder infidel hartaz.