The bushes by the river where the grass had been cut and the river itself with its curves, previously invisible, were now glittering like steel; and the people getting up and moving about, the steep wall of yet uncut grass, and the hawks soaring over the bare meadow, struck him as something quite new. When he was fully awake Levin began to calculate how much had been done and how much could still be done that day.
Distinguíanse los arbustos, con la hierba segada en tomo, próximos al río; el río mismo, no visible antes y ahora brillante como el acero en sus recodos; la gente que se despertaba y se ponía en movimiento; el alto muro de las hierbas en la parte del prado no segada aún, y los buitres que revoloteaban incesantemente sobre el prado desnudo.