《查拉图斯特拉如是说·序言》第12节
Thereafter Zarathustra again went on for two hours, trusting to the path and the light of the stars: for he was an experienced night-walker, and liked to look into the face of all that slept. When the morning dawned, however, Zarathustra found himself in a thick forest, and no path was any longer visible. He then put the dead man in a hollow tree at his head—for he wanted to protect him from the wolves—and laid himself down on the ground and moss. And immediately he fell asleep, tired in body, but with a tranquil soul.
注释摘要
漫长的夜行在这里收束为一个极具画面感的结局。查拉图斯特拉背负着走绳者的尸体，在星光下行走了两个小时——他是个惯于夜行的人，而且喜欢凝视一切沉睡者的面容。这个细节不应轻易放过：从序言开篇，查拉图斯特拉就一直在谈论“沉睡者”。圣徒在林中说世人沉睡，他自己在集市上也面对一群听不懂他言语的人。但此刻的凝视不再是嘲讽，而是一种近乎温柔的注视。在夜色中，所有人都卸下了…