Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None — Page 8
—And now, after having been long on the way in this fashion, we Argonauts of the ideal, more courageous perhaps than prudent, and often enough shipwrecked and brought to grief, nevertheless dangerously healthy, always healthy again,—it would seem as if, in recompense for it all, that we have a still undiscovered country before us, the boundaries of which no one has yet seen, a beyond to all countries and corners of the ideal known hitherto, a world so over-rich in the beautiful, the strange, the questionable, the frightful, and the divine, that our curiosity as well as our thirst for possession thereof, have got out of hand—alas! that nothing will now any longer satisfy us!—
—Und nun, nachdem wir lange auf diese Weise unterwegs waren, wir Argonauten des Ideals, mutiger vielleicht als klug, und oft genug gescheitert und zu Schaden gekommen, gleichwohl gefährlich gesund, immer wieder gesund,—so scheint es, als ob uns zum Ersatz für all das noch ein unentdecktes Land vor uns liegt, dessen Grenzen noch niemand gesehen hat, ein Jenseits aller bisher bekannten Länder und Winkel des Ideals, eine Welt so überreich an Schönem, Fremdem, Fragwürdigem, Furchtbarem und Göttlichem, dass unsere Neugier sowohl als auch unser Durst nach Besitz davon außer Rand und Band geraten ist—ach! dass uns nun nichts mehr genügen will!—
"How could we still be content with THE MAN OF THE PRESENT DAY after such outlooks, and with such a craving in our conscience and consciousness? Sad enough; but it is unavoidable that we should look on the worthiest aims and hopes of the man of the present-day with ill-concealed amusement, and perhaps should no longer look at them.
„Wie könnten wir nach solchen Ausblicken und mit einem solchen Hunger in unserem Gewissen und Bewusstsein noch mit dem MENSCHEN DER GEGENWART zufrieden sein? Traurig genug; aber es ist unvermeidlich, dass wir die würdigsten Ziele und Hoffnungen des gegenwärtigen Menschen mit schlecht verborgenem Belustigung betrachten, und sie vielleicht gar nicht mehr betrachten sollten.
Vocabulary
- nun
- Now; at this point in time
- nachdem
- After; following a certain event or time
- lange
- For a long time; over an extended period
- Weise
- Way, manner, or method of doing something
- unterwegs
- On the way; traveling or in transit
- Argonauten
- Argonauts; mythological heroes on a quest
- Ideals
- Genitive form of 'Ideal'; of the ideal
- mutiger
- Braver, more courageous than something else
- vielleicht
- Perhaps; possibly; expressing uncertainty
- klug
- Clever, wise, or intelligent
- oft
- Often; frequently occurring
- genug
- Enough; a sufficient amount or degree
- gescheitert
- Failed; past participle of 'scheitern'
- Schaden
- Harm, damage, or loss suffered
- gleichwohl
- Nevertheless; nonetheless; despite everything
- gefährlich
- Dangerous; posing a risk or threat
- gesund
- Healthy; in good physical or mental condition
- immer
- Always; at all times or repeatedly
- wieder
- Again; once more; returning to a state
- scheint
- Seems; appears to be a certain way
- ob
- Whether; introducing an indirect question
- Ersatz
- Substitute, replacement, or compensation for something
- noch
- Still; yet; in addition to
- unentdecktes
- Undiscovered; not yet found or explored
- Land
- Land, country, or territory
- liegt
- Lies; is situated or located somewhere
- dessen
- Whose; genitive relative pronoun
- Grenzen
- Borders, boundaries, or limits
- niemand
- Nobody; no one; not any person
- Jenseits
- Beyond; on the other side of something
- bisher
- Until now; up to this point in time
- bekannten
- Known; familiar; previously recognized
- Länder
- Countries, lands, or territories (plural)
- Winkel
- Corner, angle, or remote spot
- Welt
- World; the entire earth or a realm
- überreich
- Exceedingly rich or abundantly filled with something
- Schönem
- Beautiful things; dative form of 'schön'
- Fremdem
- Strange or foreign things; unfamiliar elements
- Fragwürdigem
- Questionable or dubious things worth doubting
- Furchtbarem
- Terrible or frightful things; what is dreadful
- Göttlichem
- Divine things; what is godlike or transcendent
- Neugier
- Curiosity; desire to know or discover
- sowohl
- Both; as well as; used in correlative pairs
- Durst
- Thirst; intense desire or craving for something
- Besitz
- Possession; ownership of property or things
- davon
- Of it; from it; thereof
- außer
- Outside of; except for; beyond
- Rand
- Edge, rim, or border of something
- Band
- Ribbon, bond, or restraint; also volume/book
- geraten
- To get into; to end up in a state
- ach
- Oh; ah; exclamation of longing or regret
- nichts
- Nothing; not anything at all
- mehr
- More; anymore; to a greater extent
- genügen
- To suffice; to be enough or adequate
- könnten
- Could; subjunctive form of 'können'
- solchen
- Such; of this kind (dative/accusative form)
- Ausblicken
- Outlooks, views, or prospects (dative plural)
- Hunger
- Hunger; strong desire or craving
- Gewissen
- Conscience; inner moral sense of right/wrong
- Bewusstsein
- Consciousness; awareness of self and surroundings
- MENSCHEN
- Human being, person, or humanity (emphatic caps)
- GEGENWART
- The present time; contemporary era (emphatic)
- zufrieden
- Satisfied, content, or pleased with something
- Traurig
- Sad; sorrowful; expressing grief or melancholy
- unvermeidlich
- Unavoidable; inevitable; impossible to prevent
- würdigsten
- Most worthy or most dignified (superlative form)
- Ziele
- Goals, aims, or targets (plural)
- Hoffnungen
- Hopes; expectations for a positive outcome (plural)
- gegenwärtigen
- Current, present-day, contemporary (adjective form)
- Menschen
- People, humans, or persons (plural)
- schlecht
- Bad, poor, or of low quality
- verborgenem
- Hidden, concealed, or secret (dative form)
- Belustigung
- Amusement; entertainment; finding something funny
- betrachten
- To look at, regard, or consider something
- gar
- At all; used for emphasis, often with negation
- sollten
- Should; past subjunctive of 'sollen'
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