TXORIA TXORI | LET THE BIRD BE BIRD
Hegoak ebaki banizkio | Had I cut its wing
nerea izango zen, | it would be mine,
etzuen alde egingo. | it wouldn't have flown away.
Baina honela | But that way,
etzen gehiago | it wouldn't be
txoria izango. | a bird anymore.
Eta nik, | And me,
txoria nuen maite. | what I loved was the bird