《查拉图斯特拉如是说·第三部》第49节
—To speak again the word of the great noontide of earth and man, to announce again to man the Superman. I have spoken my word. I break down by my word: so willeth mine eternal fate—as announcer do I succumb! The hour hath now come for the down-goer to bless himself. Thus—ENDETH Zarathustra’s down-going.’”— When the animals had spoken these words they were silent and waited, so that Zarathustra might say something to them: but Zarathustra did not hear that they were silent. On the contrary, he lay quietly with closed eyes like a person sleeping, although he did not sleep; for he communed just then with his soul. The serpent, however, and the eagle, when they found him silent in such wise, respected the great stillness around him, and prudently retired.
注释摘要
动物们在此处替查拉图斯特拉说出了那番话，用的是他本人教给它们的词语与节奏。它们称他为“永恒轮回的教师”，并且向他描绘了一幅他死后消失、又在完全相同的生命中返回的图景：他将再一次带着这同一个太阳、同一片大地、同一条蛇与同一只鹰回来，再一次宣告超人与伟大正午。这里所谓“伟大正午”，在查拉图斯特拉自己的语汇中指的是阴影最短、最澄明的时刻，也是人对自身价值彻底重新…