Mutil hura eta biok hain geunden goseak

non ezin asmatuz zer egin

erosi baikenuen pastel bat

zena biontzat, oi!, nahikoa eta gehiegi.

 

Astiro jan genuen, mokaduz mokadu,

alferrik galdu gabe papur bat ere.

Huraxe bai onena, zertan ukatu?,

sekula dastatuetarik, alafede.

 

Hori guztia, ordea, jazo zen aspaldi.

Aberats gara orain, atso-agureak,

baina halako pastelik ezin erosi

batuagatik ere bion urreak.

 

 

A Sad Truth

We were so hungry, he and I / We knew not what to do / And so we bought a sugar cake / Oh, quite enough for two. // We ate it slowly, bit by bit / And no crumb was wasted / It was the very best, we said / That we had ever tasted. // But all this happened years ago / Now we are rich and old / Yet we cannot buy such sugar cake / With our united gold.