I felt sad at heart at the sight of this monstrous chasm, this dragon's mouth, that always stood open, always ready to receive rejected work, newly crushed hopes.
Tristatu egiten ninduten munstro aho hark, beti irekita zeuden herensuge ahutz haiek, atzera botatako lanak, itxaropen zapaldu berriak onartzeko beti prest.