In the whole of your absurd past you discover so much that's absurd, so much deceit and credulity, that it might be a good idea to stop being young this minute, to wait for youth to break away from you and pass you by, to watch it going away, receding in the distance, to see all its vanity, run your hand through the empty space it has left behind, take a last look at it, and then start moving, make sure your youth has really gone, and then calmly, all by yourself, cross to the other side of Time to see what people and things really look like.
Gizonak bere iragan barregarri guzian hainbesteko barregarrikeria, engainua, sinisberakeria aurkitzen du, ze agian bertatik utzi nahi liokeen gazte izateari, hortxe gelditu, eta itxoin gaztetasuna beragandik apartatu arte, aurrerago pasa arte, hura joaten, urruntzen ikusi nahi luke, haren harrokeriaren handiari begiratu, haren ezerezean eskua sartu, eta gero berak ere aldegin, gaztetasuna benetan lekututa dagoela seguru dakienean, eta lasai asko orduan, bere gogara, denboraz beste aldera bueltatu poliki, gauzak eta jendeak egiaz nola diren ikustera.