'More than once I remember,' he rested his cheek dolefully on his hand, 'I sought thy praise and the hakim's for the mere strength of my legs.
-Behin baino gehiagotan gogoratu zait hori-masaila eskuan jarri zuen tristuraz-, zure laudorioak eta hakim-arenak bilatzen nituen nire zangoen indar hutsarengatik.