But that sorrow and this joy were equally beyond the usual conditions of life: they were like openings in that usual life through which something higher became visible. And, as in that case, what was now being accomplished came harshly, painfully, incomprehensibly; and while watching it, the soul soared, as then, to heights it had never known before, at which reason could not keep up with it.
Entonces se trataba de una muerte y ahora de una vida. Pero igual que antes el dolor, la alegría abría ahora en la vida habitual de Levin un claro en el cual advertía algo superior que no acababa de comprender pero que le elevaba el alma a una altura a que no llegara nunca y adonde su razón no alcanzara.