From the very beginning of his illness, ever since he had first been to see the doctor, Ivan Ilych's life had been divided between two contrary and alternating moods:
Gaixotasunaren hasieratik beretik, Ivan Ilitx medikuarengana lehen aldiz joan zenetik, bizitza bata bestearekin txandaka zebiltzan bi aldarte kontrajarritan urratu zitzaion: