Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None — Page 11
During the month of August 1881 my brother resolved to reveal the teaching of the Eternal Recurrence, in dithyrambic and psalmodic form, through the mouth of Zarathustra.
1881年8月，我的兄弟决定借查拉图斯特拉之口，以酒神颂歌与赞美诗的形式，揭示永恒轮回的教义。
Among the notes of this period, we found a page on which is written the first definite plan of "Thus Spake Zarathustra":—
在这一时期的笔记中，我们发现了一页纸，上面写着《查拉图斯特拉如是说》的第一份明确计划：——
"MIDDAY AND ETERNITY."
「正午与永恒。」
"GUIDE-POSTS TO A NEW WAY OF LIVING."
「通往新生活方式的路标。」
Beneath this is written:—
其下写道：——
"Zarathustra born on lake Urmi; left his home in his thirtieth year, went into the province of Aria, and, during ten years of solitude in the mountains, composed the Zend-Avesta."
「查拉图斯特拉生于乌尔米湖畔；三十岁时离开故乡，前往阿里亚省，在山中独居十年，写成了《阿维斯塔》。」
"The sun of knowledge stands once more at midday; and the serpent of eternity lies coiled in its light—: It is YOUR time, ye midday brethren."
「知识之日再度高悬正午；永恒之蛇蜷伏于其光芒之中——：这是你们的时刻，正午的兄弟们。」
In that summer of 1881, my brother, after many years of steadily declining health, began at last to rally, and it is to this first gush of the recovery of his once splendid bodily condition that we owe not only "The Gay Science", which in its mood may be regarded as a prelude to "Zarathustra", but also "Zarathustra" itself.
在1881年的那个夏天，我的兄弟在多年健康每况愈下之后，终于开始好转，正是这股昔日强健体魄的初次复苏，使我们不仅得以拥有《快乐的科学》——其基调可视为《查拉图斯特拉》的前奏——更得以拥有《查拉图斯特拉》本身。
Just as he was beginning to recuperate his health, however, an unkind destiny brought him a number of most painful personal experiences.
然而，就在他开始恢复健康之际，命运的无情却给他带来了一系列极为痛苦的个人遭遇。
Vocabulary
- 年
- nián — Year; unit of time
- 月
- yuè — Month; moon
- 我
- wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- 的
- de — Possessive and attributive particle
- 兄弟
- xiōngdì — Brother; male sibling or close companion
- 决定
- juédìng — To decide; to make a decision
- 借
- jiè — To borrow; to make use of something
- 以
- yǐ — To use; by means of; with
- 与
- yǔ — And; together with; along with
- 形式
- xíngshì — Form; format; manner of expression
- 揭示
- jiēshì — To reveal; to disclose; to make known
- 教义
- jiàoyì — Doctrine; tenet; religious or philosophical teaching
- 在
- zài — At; in; located at a place or time
- 这一
- zhè yī — This one; this particular period or instance
- 时期
- shíqī — Period; phase; a span of time
- 笔记
- bǐjì — Notes; written records or jottings
- 中
- zhōng — In; inside; within a space or group
- 我们
- wǒmen — We; us; first-person plural pronoun
- 发现
- fāxiàn — To discover; to find; to notice something
- 了
- le — Particle indicating completed action or change
- 一页
- yī yè — One page; a single sheet of paper
- 纸
- zhǐ — Paper; sheet of writing material
- 上面
- shàngmiàn — On top; above; on the surface of something
- 写着
- xiězhe — Has written on it; bearing written text
- 第一份
- dì yī fèn — The first copy or version of something
- 明确
- míngquè — Clear; explicit; definite; unambiguous
- 计划
- jìhuà — Plan; scheme; to plan or arrange
- 正午
- zhèngwǔ — Noon; midday; exactly twelve o'clock
- 永恒
- yǒnghéng — Eternal; everlasting; without end or beginning
- 通往
- tōngwǎng — Leading to; heading toward a destination
- 新
- xīn — New; fresh; novel; recently introduced
- 生活方式
- shēnghuó fāngshì — Way of life; lifestyle; manner of living
- 路标
- lùbiāo — Signpost; road sign; directional marker
- 写道
- xiědào — Writes that; states in writing as follows
- 生于
- shēng yú — Born at; to be born in a place
- 三十岁
- sānshí suì — Thirty years old; age of thirty
- 时
- shí — When; at the time of; temporal marker
- 离开
- líkāi — To leave; to depart from a place
- 故乡
- gùxiāng — Hometown; birthplace; one's native land
- 前往
- qiánwǎng — To go to; to head toward a destination
- 山中
- shān zhōng — In the mountains; within a mountainous area
- 独居
- dújū — To live alone; to dwell in solitude
- 十年
- shí nián — Ten years; a decade of time
- 写成
- xiěchéng — To finish writing; to complete a written work
- 知识
- zhīshi — Knowledge; learning; intellectual understanding
- 再度
- zàidù — Once again; a second time; anew
- 于
- yú — In; at; from; classical preposition particle
- 其
- qí — Its; his; her; classical third-person pronoun
- 光芒
- guāngmáng — Radiance; rays of light; brilliant gleam
- 之中
- zhī zhōng — Within; in the midst of something
- 这是
- zhè shì — This is; used to identify or describe something
- 你们
- nǐmen — You all; second-person plural pronoun
- 时刻
- shíkè — Moment; instant; a specific point in time
- 兄弟们
- xiōngdìmen — Brothers; plural address to male companions
- 那个
- nàge — That; that particular one; demonstrative pronoun
- 夏天
- xiàtiān — Summer; the hot season of the year
- 多年
- duō nián — Many years; numerous years of time
- 健康
- jiànkāng — Health; healthy; physical well-being
- 每况愈下
- měi kuàng yù xià — Getting worse and worse; continuously deteriorating condition
- 之后
- zhīhòu — After; afterward; following a certain event
- 终于
- zhōngyú — Finally; at last; after a long time
- 开始
- kāishǐ — To begin; to start; commencement of something
- 好转
- hǎozhuǎn — To improve; to take a turn for the better
- 正是
- zhèngshì — It is precisely; exactly; just this thing
- 昔日
- xīrì — Former days; in the past; of old times
- 强健
- qiángjiàn — Strong and healthy; robust; physically vigorous
- 体魄
- tǐpò — Physique; bodily constitution; physical strength
- 初次
- chūcì — For the first time; initial occurrence
- 复苏
- fùsū — To revive; to recover; to come back to life
- 使
- shǐ — To cause; to make; to enable something happen
- 不仅
- bùjǐn — Not only; more than just; beyond merely
- 得以
- déyǐ — To be able to; to have the opportunity to
- 拥有
- yōngyǒu — To possess; to own; to have something
- 基调
- jīdiào — Keynote; underlying tone; fundamental theme
- 可
- kě — Can; may; able to; expressing possibility
- 视为
- shì wéi — To regard as; to consider something to be
- 前奏
- qiánzòu — Prelude; overture; introductory piece or phase
- 更
- gèng — Even more; still further; to a greater degree
- 本身
- běnshēn — Itself; in itself; the thing in question
- 然而
- rán'ér — However; yet; but; expressing contrast or turn
- 就在
- jiù zài — Just at; right at the moment when
- 他
- tā — He; him; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- 恢复
- huīfù — To recover; to restore; to return to normal
- 命运
- mìngyùn — Fate; destiny; one's inevitable life course
- 无情
- wúqíng — Merciless; ruthless; without compassion or pity
- 却
- què — Yet; but; however; expressing unexpected contrast
- 给
- gěi — To give; for; to; indirect object marker
- 带来
- dàilái — To bring; to cause; to introduce something new
- 一系列
- yī xìliè — A series of; a succession of multiple things
- 极为
- jí wéi — Extremely; exceedingly; to a very great degree
- 痛苦
- tòngkǔ — Pain; suffering; anguish; great distress
- 个人
- gèrén — Personal; individual; relating to one person
- 遭遇
- zāoyù — Ordeal; misfortune; bitter personal experience encountered
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