If all these years have gone by without my having communicated with you, it is only because your mother wished it so and if now I break this silence with a request for your assistance it is because only great need could make me go against your mother's wishes.
Urte guzti hauek joan bazaizkit zurekin harremanik izan gabe, zure amak horrela nahi zuelako izan da soil-soilik, eta orain, zure amaren nahiaren aurka, isilune hau hausten badut, halabeharrez delako egiten dut.