Marcel Proust: "Ketukan kecil di jendela, seolah-olah ada rudal yang m...

"Ketukan kecil di jendela, seolah-olah ada rudal yang menghantamnya, diikuti oleh suara jatuh yang berlimpah, seringan, seolah-olah hujan pasir disiram dari jendela di atas kepala; kemudian musim gugur menyebar, mengambil pesanan, ritme, menjadi cair, keras, drum, musik, tak terhitung, universal. Itu hujan"

--- Marcel Proust

Versi Bahasa Inggris

A little tap at the window, as though some missile had struck it, followed by a plentiful, falling sound, as light, though, as if a shower of sand were being sprinkled from a window overhead; then the fall spread, took on an order, a rhythm, became liquid, loud, drumming, musical, innumerable, universal. It was the rain