Thursday, August 9, 2012

Reading Nietzsche — Before Sunrise

O heaven above me, pure and deep!  You abyss of light!  Seeing you I tremble with godlike desires.  To throw myself into your height, that is my depth.  To hide in your purity, that is my innocence.

Gods are shrouded by their beauty; thus you conceal your stars.  You do not speak; thus you proclaim your wisdom to me.  Today you rose for me silently over the roaring sea; your love and your shyness are a revelation to my roaring soul.  That you came to me, beautiful, shrouded in your beauty, that you speak to me silently, revealing your wisdom—oh, how should I not guess all that is shy in your soul!  Before the sun you came to me, the loneliest of all.

O heaven over me, bashful and glowing!  O you, my happiness before sunrise!  The day is coming, so let us part!

Thus spoke Zarathustra.


From Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche, translation by Walter Kaufmann

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