The sudden flashes of colour reminded him of the gleam of the opal-and-iris-throated birds that flutter round the tall honeycombed Campanile, or stalk, with such stately grace, through the dim, dust-stained arcades.
Kolore diztira azkar haiek, abaraskaren antzeko Campanille altuaren inguruan hegaldatzen diren hegazti opalo-eta-iris-ezko eztarridunen diztirak gogorarazten zizkioten, edota hautsez jositako arkupe ilun haietan zehar, halako grazia arranditsuz, ibiltzen diren beste haiena.