Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None — Page 7
I know not how to express my meaning more plainly or more personally than I have done already in one of the last chapters (Aphorism 382) of the fifth book of the 'Gaya Scienza'.
No sé cómo expresar mi pensamiento de manera más clara o más personal de lo que ya lo he hecho en uno de los últimos capítulos (Aforismo 382) del quinto libro de la 'Gaya Scienza'.
"We, the new, the nameless, the hard-to-understand,"—it says there,—"we firstlings of a yet untried future—we require for a new end also a new means, namely, a new healthiness, stronger, sharper, tougher, bolder and merrier than all healthiness hitherto.
«Nosotros, los nuevos, los innominados, los difíciles de comprender»—dice allí—«nosotros, los primogénitos de un futuro aún no ensayado—necesitamos para un nuevo fin también un nuevo medio, a saber, una nueva salud, más fuerte, más aguda, más dura, más audaz y más alegre que toda salud hasta ahora conocida.
He whose soul longeth to experience the whole range of hitherto recognised values and desirabilities, and to circumnavigate all the coasts of this ideal 'Mediterranean Sea', who, from the adventures of his most personal experience, wants to know how it feels to be a conqueror, and discoverer of the ideal—as likewise how it is with the artist, the saint, the legislator, the sage, the scholar, the devotee, the prophet, and the godly non-conformist of the old style:—requires one thing above all for that purpose, GREAT HEALTHINESS—such healthiness as one not only possesses, but also constantly acquires and must acquire, because one unceasingly sacrifices it again, and must sacrifice it!
Aquel cuya alma anhela experimentar toda la gama de los valores y deseabilidades hasta ahora reconocidos, y circunnavegar todas las costas de este ideal 'Mar Mediterráneo', quien, a partir de las aventuras de su experiencia más personal, quiere saber lo que se siente al ser un conquistador y descubridor de lo ideal—así como también cómo es con el artista, el santo, el legislador, el sabio, el erudito, el devoto, el profeta y el piadoso inconformista del viejo estilo:—necesita por encima de todo una cosa para ese propósito, UNA GRAN SALUD—tal salud que uno no solo posee, sino que también adquiere constantemente y debe adquirir, porque incesantemente la sacrifica de nuevo, ¡y debe sacrificarla!
Vocabulary
- No
- Negation; used to deny or refuse something.
- sé
- I know (first person singular present of saber).
- cómo
- How; in what way or manner.
- expresar
- To express; to convey thoughts or feelings in words.
- mi
- My; possessive adjective indicating belonging to speaker.
- pensamiento
- Thought; an idea or mental process.
- de
- Of; from; indicates possession or relationship.
- manera
- Manner; way or method of doing something.
- más
- More; indicates greater quantity or degree.
- clara
- Clear; easily understood or transparent.
- personal
- Personal; relating to individual or private matters.
- lo
- It; neutral definite article or direct object pronoun.
- que
- That; which; introduces subordinate clauses.
- ya
- Already; indicates action completed or in progress.
- he
- I have (present perfect auxiliary verb).
- hecho
- Done; past participle of hacer.
- en
- In; preposition indicating location or time.
- uno
- One; the number 1 or indefinite article.
- los
- The; masculine plural definite article.
- últimos
- Last; most recent or final in sequence.
- capítulos
- Chapters; divisions of a book or work.
- Aforismo
- Aphorism; a concise, witty statement of principle.
- del
- Of the; contraction of de and el.
- quinto
- Fifth; ordinal number after fourth.
- libro
- Book; a written or printed work.
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article.
- Nosotros
- We; first person plural pronoun.
- nuevos
- New; recently created or not previously known.
- difíciles
- Difficult; hard to understand or accomplish.
- comprender
- To understand; to grasp meaning or significance.
- dice
- Says; third person singular present of decir.
- allí
- There; in or at that place.
- un
- A; an; indefinite article masculine singular.
- futuro
- Future; time to come or yet to occur.
- aún
- Still; yet; indicating continuation or persistence.
- necesitamos
- We need; first person plural of necesitar.
- para
- For; in order to; preposition of purpose.
- nuevo
- New; recently made or different from before.
- fin
- End; purpose or goal.
- también
- Also; likewise or in addition.
- medio
- Means; method or intermediate agency.
- saber
- To know; to have knowledge or information.
- una
- A; an; indefinite article feminine singular.
- salud
- Health; physical and mental well-being state.
- fuerte
- Strong; having great physical or mental power.
- aguda
- Acute; sharp or severe in nature.
- dura
- Hard; difficult or solid and inflexible.
- audaz
- Bold; daring and willing to take risks.
- alegre
- Cheerful; happy and full of joy.
- toda
- All; every; the whole of something.
- hasta
- Until; up to a certain point.
- ahora
- Now; at the present time or moment.
- conocida
- Known; recognized or familiar to people.
- Aquel
- That; demonstrative adjective for distant object.
- cuya
- Whose; possessive relative pronoun feminine form.
- alma
- Soul; spiritual essence of a person.
- anhela
- Yearns; longs for with strong desire.
- experimentar
- To experience; to undergo or feel something.
- gama
- Range; series of related items or values.
- valores
- Values; principles or standards of importance.
- reconocidos
- Recognized; acknowledged or identified as known.
- costas
- Coasts; shorelines where land meets sea.
- este
- This; demonstrative adjective for nearby object.
- ideal
- Ideal; perfect or most desirable form.
- Mar
- Sea; large body of salt water.
- Mediterráneo
- Mediterranean; sea between Europe and Africa.
- quien
- Who; relative pronoun asking about persons.
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