And I am so far from expecting to gain any new reputation by these follies, that I shall think I come off pretty well if I lose nothing by them of that little I had before. For besides that this dead and mute painting will take from my natural being, it has no resemblance to my better condition, but is much lapsed from my former vigour and cheerfulness, growing faded and withered:
Hain guti da zozokeria hauen bidez ohore berri zerbaiten egitera igurikatzen dudana, non anitz eginen baitut erdietsi nuen apurra galtzen ez badut. Zeren, margo hil eta mutu honek ene izate naturalari ebatsiko dionaz landara, ez baitagokio ene egoerarik hoberenari, baina nire lehen indar eta alaitasunetik aski eroria, zimeltze eta minker aldera emanari.