Så talade Zarathustra

Ko je bil Zarathustra star trideset let,

When Zarathustra was thirty years old,

je zapustil svoj dom in jezero svojega doma ter odšel v gore.

he left his home and the lake of his home and went into the mountains.

Tu je užival svojega duha in svojo samoto in se ju deset let ni naveličal.

Here he enjoyed his spirit and his solitude, and for ten years he did not tire of it.

Naposled pa se mu je srce spremenilo, —

But at last his heart changed, —

in nekega jutra je vstal z zarjo,

and one morning he rose with the dawn,

stopil pred sonce in mu takole govoril:

stepped before the sun and spoke to it thus:

„O ti velika zvezda!

“You great star!

Kaj bi bila tvoja sreča,

What would your happiness be,

če ne bi imela tistih,

had you not those

ki jim svetiš!

for whom you shine!

Deset let si prihajala sem gor k moji votlini:

For ten years you have climbed up here to my cave:

naveličala bi se svoje svetlobe in te poti,

you would have grown weary of your light and of this path,

ko ne bi bilo mene,

but for me,

mojega orla in moje kače.

my eagle and my serpent.

Toda vsako jutro smo te čakali,

But we waited for you every morning,

ti odvzemali tvoje preobilje in te zato blagoslavljali.

took your overflow from you and blessed you for it.

Glej!

Behold!

Sit sem svoje modrosti,

I am weary of my wisdom,

kakor čebela,

like the bee

ki je nabrala preveč medu,

that has gathered too much honey;

potrebujem roke,

I need hands

ki se iztegujejo.

that reach out.

Rad bi podarjal in razdajal,

I want to give away and distribute,

dokler se modri med ljudmi spet ne razveselijo svoje norosti in ubogi svojega bogastva.

until the wise among men have once more become glad of their folly, and the poor once more of their riches.