《查拉图斯特拉如是说》开篇：英文原著带中文翻译

Thou great star! What would be thy happiness if thou hadst not those for whom thou shinest!

啊，伟大的星辰！倘若没有你所照耀的人们，你的幸福又从何而来呢！

For ten years hast thou climbed hither unto my cave: thou wouldst have wearied of thy light and of the journey, had it not been for me, mine eagle, and my serpent.

十年来，你一直攀登到我的洞穴：倘若没有我、我的鹰和我的蛇，你早已厌倦了你的光和这旅程。

But we awaited thee every morning, took from thee thine overflow and blessed thee for it.

可是我们每天早晨等待着你，从你那里取来你满溢的光，并为此祝福你。

Lo! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that hath gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take it.

看哪！我厌倦了我的智慧，就像蜜蜂采集了太多的蜜；我需要伸出的手来接受它。

I would fain bestow and distribute, until the wise have once more become joyous in their folly, and the poor happy in their riches.

我乐意赠予和分发，直到智者重新在自己的愚行中欢喜，穷人重新在自己的富足中快乐。

Therefore must I descend into the deep: as thou doest in the evening, when thou goest behind the sea, and givest light also to the nether-world, thou exuberant star!

因此我必须下降到深处：正如你在傍晚所做的那样，当你走到大海后面，还给下界带去光明，你这丰盛的星辰！

Like thee must I GO DOWN, as men say, to whom I shall descend.

我必须像你一样下去，就像人们所说的那样，我要下降到他们那里去。

Bless me, then, thou tranquil eye, that canst behold even the greatest happiness without envy!

那么祝福我吧，你这宁静的眼睛，你能注视最大的幸福而不嫉妒！

Bless the cup that is about to overflow, that the water may flow golden out of it, and carry everywhere the reflection of thy bliss!

祝福这即将满溢的杯子，让水从中金色地流出，把你的福乐的反光带到各处！

Lo! This cup is again going to empty itself, and Zarathustra is again going to be a man.

看哪！这杯子又要倒空自己，查拉图斯特拉又要成为一个人了。

Thus began Zarathustra’s down-going.

查拉图斯特拉的下降就这样开始了。

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Zarathustra went down the mountain alone, no one meeting him. When he entered the forest, however, there suddenly stood before him an old man, who had left his holy cot to seek roots. And thus spake the old man to Zarathustra:

查拉图斯特拉独自下山，没有人遇见他。可是当他走进森林时，忽然有一个老人站在他面前，那老人离开了他神圣的茅舍，到林中寻找树根。老人对查拉图斯特拉这样说：

“No stranger to me is this wanderer: many years ago passed he by. Zarathustra he was called; but he hath altered.

「这位漫游者对我来说并不陌生：许多年前他经过这里。他那时叫查拉图斯特拉；可是他已经变了。

Then thou carriedst thine ashes into the mountains: wilt thou now carry thy fire into the valleys? Fearest thou not the incendiary’s doom?

那时你把你的灰烬带进山里：现在你要把你的火带进山谷吗？你不怕纵火者的刑罚吗？

Yea, I recognise Zarathustra. Pure is his eye, and no loathing lurketh about his mouth. Goeth he not along like a dancer?

是的，我认得查拉图斯特拉。他的眼睛纯净，他的嘴边没有厌恶隐藏。他走起路来不就像一个舞者吗？

Altered is Zarathustra; a child hath Zarathustra become; an awakened one is Zarathustra: what wilt thou do in the land of the sleepers?

查拉图斯特拉变了；查拉图斯特拉变成了一个孩子；查拉图斯特拉是一个觉醒者：你要在沉睡者的土地上做什么呢？

As in the sea hast thou lived in solitude, and it hath borne thee up. Alas, wilt thou now go ashore? Alas, wilt thou again drag thy body thyself?”

你曾在孤独中像在大海里一样生活，大海承载着你。唉，现在你要上岸了吗？唉，你又要自己拖拽你的身体了吗？」

Zarathustra answered: “I love mankind.”

查拉图斯特拉回答说：「我爱人类。」

“Why,” said the saint, “did I go into the forest and the desert? Was it not because I loved men far too well?

「为什么，」圣者说，「我走进森林和荒漠呢？不就是因为我太爱人类了吗？

Now I love God: men, I do not love. Man is a thing too imperfect for me. Love to man would be fatal to me.”

现在我爱上帝：人类，我不爱。人类对我来说是一件太不完美的东西。爱人类会要了我的命。」

Zarathustra answered: “What spake I of love! I am bringing gifts unto men.”

查拉图斯特拉回答说：「我说什么爱！我是给人类带来礼物。」

“Give them nothing,” said the saint. “Take rather part of their load, and carry it along with them—that will be most agreeable unto them: if only it be agreeable unto thee!

「什么也不要给他们，」圣者说。「不如分担他们的一部分负担，和他们一起扛着，那对他们最为惬意：只要那对你也惬意！

If, however, thou wilt give unto them, give them no more than an alms, and let them also beg for it!”

可是如果你要给他们，就只给他们施舍，还要让他们向你乞求！」

“No,” replied Zarathustra, “I give no alms. I am not poor enough for that.”

「不，」查拉图斯特拉回答说，「我不给施舍。我还没有穷到那个地步。」

The saint laughed at Zarathustra, and spake thus: “Then see to it that they accept thy treasures! They are distrustful of anchorites, and do not believe that we come with gifts.

圣者嘲笑查拉图斯特拉，这样说：「那么你就设法让他们接受你的宝物吧！他们不信任隐士，不相信我们是带着礼物来的。

The fall of our footsteps ringeth too hollow through their streets. And just as at night, when they are in bed and hear a man abroad long before sunrise, so they ask themselves concerning us: Where goeth the thief?

我们的脚步落在他们的街道上，响声太空洞了。就像夜里，他们躺在床上，听到有人在日出前很久就在外面走动，便这样问自己关于我们的事：小偷往哪里去了？

Go not to men, but stay in the forest! Go rather to the animals! Why not be like me—a bear amongst bears, a bird amongst birds?”

不要到人类那里去，留在森林里吧！不如到动物那里去！为什么不像我一样，做熊群中的熊，鸟群中的鸟呢？」

“And what doeth the saint in the forest?” asked Zarathustra.

「那么圣者在森林里做什么呢？」查拉图斯特拉问道。

The saint answered: “I make hymns and sing them; and in making hymns I laugh and weep and mumble: thus do I praise God.

圣者回答说：「我制作颂歌并歌唱它们；制作颂歌时我笑、我哭、我喃喃自语：我就这样赞美上帝。