My mother, despite the love she has developed for Akka, still maintains a longing for the mountain and the village and the garden carpeted with the dreams of a young peasant woman – what have cities got to do with her anyway? – dreams that will bear fruit in order to keep her company during our absence, we her sons and daughters, when we grow older and leave the small city looking for another port.
A pesar del amor que siente por Akka, mi madre aún conserva el anhelo de vivir en la montaña y tener un jardín alfombrado con los sueños de una joven campesina. Después de todo, ¿qué tiene que ver ella con las ciudades?