Old Ermil, wearing a very long white shirt [Russian peasants wear their shirts outside their trousers, like smocks.] was swinging his scythe, with his back bent; young Vaska, who had been in Levin's service as coachman, and who at each swing of his scythe cut the grass the whole width of his swath; and Titus, Levin's mowing master, a thin little peasant, who went along without stopping, mowing his wide swath as if in play.
C’era il vecchio Ermil con la camicia bianca molto lunga che menava la falce stando curvo; c’era Vas’ka, il giovane che stava da Levin come cocchiere, e che prendeva la falciata con tutta la forza del braccio. C’era anche Tit, un contadino piccolo e asciutto, che aveva iniziato Levin alla fienagione.