| Breyten (original) | Breyten (translation) |
|---|---|
| Breyten zuen izena: Breyten Breytenbach | His name was Breyten: Breyten Breytenbach |
| Hiltzera zigortua | Sentenced to death |
| Pretoriako kartzelan txuri bakarra | The only white prisoner in Pretoria |
| Beltz askoren artean | Among the many blacks |
| Egunsenti bakoitzan exekuzio bat | One execution at dawn |
| Heriotza tantaka | Death drips |
| Lurra ireki baino lehen azken kantua bat | One last song before the earth opened |
| Kantatzen omen zuen kondenatuak | The convict allegedly sang |
| Breyten esnatzen zuten | They woke Breet |
| Hiltzera zihoazenen | They were going to die |
| Kantu ezberdin horiek | These different songs |
| Egunero batek | One every day |
| Breyten libratu egin zen urkatik | He freed himself from the gallows |
| Baina inolaz ere kantu horietatik | But by no means from those songs |
| Kondenatua | Condemned |
