Four times he had his hands on that rich treasure and four times it wasted to nothingness in his fingers as sleep forsook him and wakefulness brought back the hard reality of his misfortune.
Quatre vegades fica la ma en aquell ric tresor, i quatre vegades se li convertí en no-res entre els dits, en desapoderar-se d'ell el son, en recordar-li el desvetllament l'aspra realitat de son infortuni.