He'd get up out of bed to feel his pulse and stand motionless beside his bed, feeling a faint quaver run through his body at every heart beat. All this, he said to himself, was his death.
Jeiki ere egiten zen pultsua haztatzeko eta hortxe egoten zen gero, batere mugitu gabe, ohe ondoan, gauean, luzaro, bihotzak taupa egiten zion bakoitzean gorputza kolpe ahuletan nola astintzen zitzaion erreparatzen.