And it had given him particular pleasure to let those ponderous, simple, plain words melt on his tongue, while reflecting that his parents were blinded by the brightness of their own existence to the darkness in which his soul now crouched like a lithe and feline beast of prey.
Eta aparteko plazeraz hornitu zuen hitz astun, sinple eta motelak mingainean urtzen uzteak, horren bitartean pentsatzen baitzuen ezen gurasoak beren existentziaren egun-argi distiratsuaren kariaz itsututa zeudela iluntasun horretan, zeinean bere arima, unetik unera, katu basa eta malgu baten eitean uzkurtzen baitzen.