The world which I had inherited resembled a man in full vigor of maturity who was still robust (though already revealing, to a physician's eyes, some barely perceptible signs of wear), but who had just passed through the convulsions of a serious illness.
Jarauntsia nuèn munduak, adinik sasoitsueneko gizon oraindik sendo baina, mediku baten begien bistarako, higadura-eta andegatze-zantzu sumagaitz batzuk ezagun izateaz gain, gaixotasun larri baten zartadak pairatu berriak zituèn baten antza zeukan.