《查拉图斯特拉如是说·第四部》第29节
To such unsettled ones as thou, seemeth at last even a prisoner blessed. Didst thou ever see how captured criminals sleep? They sleep quietly, they enjoy their new security. Beware lest in the end a narrow faith capture thee, a hard, rigorous delusion! For now everything that is narrow and fixed seduceth and tempteth thee. Thou hast lost thy goal. Alas, how wilt thou forego and forget that loss? Thereby—hast thou also lost thy way! Thou poor rover and rambler, thou tired butterfly! wilt thou have a rest and a home this evening? Then go up to my cave! Thither leadeth the way to my cave. And now will I run quickly away from thee again. Already lieth as it were a shadow upon me. I will run alone, so that it may again become bright around me. Therefore must I still be a long time merrily upon my legs. In the evening, however, there will be—dancing with me!”— Thus spake Zarathustra.
注释摘要
查拉图斯特拉对影子说的话，是他面对一种特殊的精神漂泊者时，既诊断其病状又为自己划清界限的时刻。影子自述已经失去一切目标、一切信仰、一切对善恶的确定性，把自己描述成一个追随查拉图斯特拉走遍最冷最远的思想领域、却落得疲惫而空虚的存在。他用了很触目的自画像：像红色的螃蟹、像落在镜面上的灰尘、像永远在路上的流浪者。在这种告白之后，查拉图斯特拉没有立刻抚慰他，而是先…