But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, still, alone, more fragile, but with more vitality, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls, ready to remind us, waiting and hoping for their moment, amid the ruins of all the rest;
Baina, antzinako iraganalditik deusek ere ez dirauenean, izakiak hil ondoren, gauzak suntsitu ondoren, soil-soilik, ahulago baina bizkorrago, materiagabeago, iraunkorrago, leialago, usainak eta zaporeak eusten diote oraindik luzaro, arimek bezala, oroitzea-ri, itxaroteari, igurikatzeari, gainerako guztiaren aurrien gainean, beren ttantta ia ukiezinaz, beren gain makurtu gabe eramateari oroimenaren eraikin erraldoia.