《查拉图斯特拉如是说·第三部》第56节
—Thus however speaketh avian wisdom:—“Lo, there is no above and no below! Throw thyself about,—outward, backward, thou light one! Sing! speak no more! —Are not all words made for the heavy? Do not all words lie to the light ones? Sing! speak no more!”— Oh, how could I not be ardent for Eternity, and for the marriage-ring of rings—the ring of the return? Never yet have I found the woman by whom I should like to have children, unless it be this woman whom I love: for I love thee, O Eternity! FOR I LOVE THEE, O ETERNITY!
注释摘要
这段是整个《七个印记》（或者说《“是”与“阿门”之歌》）的第七个，也是最后一个印记，实际上是全书第三部的终曲。前六个印记各自从不同的维度——占卜者的闪电、创世的愤怒、创造的呼吸、混合万物的盐、航海者的欢悦、舞者的美德——层层叠叠地铺展对永恒和回归之环的渴望，到了这第七段，意象陡然轻盈起来，不再需要那么多的火、雷、盐和风暴，而是转向了一种飞翔的、歌唱的、彻底…