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.
Allí se veía al viejo Ermil, con una camisa blanca larguísima, manejando la guadaña muy encorvado; luego, el joven Vaska, que servía de cochero a Levin y que guadañaba con amplios movimientos. Allí estaba también Tit, un campesino bajo y delgado que había instruido a Levin en el arte de segar; iba delante y manejaba la guadaña sin inclinarse, sin esfuerzo alguno y como si jugara.