As I have heard tell of a certain Spanish poet, who had been seized with sickness, and though he recovered therefrom yet remained so oblivious of his past life, that he would not believe the plays and tragedies he had written to be his own: indeed, he might have been taken for a grown-up child, if he had also forgotten his native tongue.
hala nola, Espainiako poeta batez entzun nuen erraten, eri egon ondoan eta gaitz horretarik sendatu izanagatik, bere bizitza iragana hainbesteraino ahantzia zuela non ez baitzuen sinesten bereak zirela berak eginak zituen Alegiak eta Tragediak; eta, zinez, haur heldu batentzat har zitekeen, bere ama hizkuntza ere galdu izan balu.