Plusieurs barques se chargèrent de paysans retournant à Belagio, à Menagio et autres villages situés sur le lac ; Fabrice distinguait le bruit de chaque coup de rame : ce détail si simple le ravissait en extase ; sa joie actuelle se composait de tout le malheur, de toute la gêne qu’il trouvait dans la vie compliquée des cours.
Several boats took on board loads of contadini returning to Bellagio, Menaggio and other villages situated on the lake; Fabrizio could distinguish the sound of each stroke of the oars: so simple a detail as this sent him into an ecstasy; his present joy was composed of all the unhappiness, all the irritation that he found in the complicated life of a court.