I am bound to admit, natheless," he added graciously, "that he, and even the man Racine, did, each of them, once in his life, compose a line which is not only fairly rhythmical, but has also what is in my eyes the supreme merit of meaning absolutely nothing.
Aitortu behar diat, hori bai, bai berak eta bai Racine omen zeritzàn harako beste Sandia hark, bertso nahikoa ongi errimatua egin dutela nork bere bizitzan, bertso bat, alajaina, bere alde zera daukana, niretzat meriturik handieneko gauza: ez duela esanahirik batere.