《查拉图斯特拉如是说·第二部》第41节
Verily, THEY THEMSELVES DIDST THOU DREAM, thine enemies: that was thy sorest dream. But as thou awokest from them and camest to thyself, so shall they awaken from themselves—and come unto thee!” Thus spake the disciple; and all the others then thronged around Zarathustra, grasped him by the hands, and tried to persuade him to leave his bed and his sadness, and return unto them. Zarathustra, however, sat upright on his couch, with an absent look. Like one returning from long foreign sojourn did he look on his disciples, and examined their features; but still he knew them not. When, however, they raised him, and set him upon his feet, behold, all on a sudden his eye changed; he understood everything that had happened, stroked his beard, and said with a strong voice: “Well! this hath just its time; but see to it, my disciples, that we have a good repast; and without delay! Thus do I mean to make amends for bad dreams! The soothsayer, however, shall eat and drink at my side: and verily, I will yet show him a sea in which he can drown himself!”— Thus spake Zarathustra. Then did he gaze long into the face of the disciple who had been the dream-interpreter, and shook his head.—
注释摘要
这段记述极为凝练地写出了查拉图斯特拉从一场精神危机中苏醒、回归自我与日常的过程，写法和寓意都值得细看。 那个最受宠爱的弟子为他的噩梦做出了一个充满光明意味的解释：你梦见的就是你的敌人本身，你在梦里被他们惊吓，但恰恰因为你醒了过来、回到了你自己，他们将来也会从自身中苏醒——并且走向你。这个解释把梦中的棺材、万千笑声和恐怖幻象，都逆转成了查拉图斯特拉的胜利预表…