This was Venice, the flattering and suspect beauty-this city, half fairy tale and half tourist trap, in whose insalubrious air the arts once rankly and voluptuously blossomed, where composers have been inspired to lulling tones of somniferous eroticism.
Hori zen Venezia, eder losintxari eta susmagarria, kanpotarrentzat erdi-alegia eta erdi-tranpa zen hiria, zeinaren egurats ustelduan behiala artea joritasunez loratu baitzen eta zeinak konpositore bati baino gehiagori doinu lizunkiro lokarrarazleak inspiratu baitzizkion.