Dithyrambs of Dionysus
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Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was an acclaimed German philosopher who rose to prominence during the late nineteenth century. His work provides a thorough examination of societal norms often rooted in religion and politics. As a cultural critic, Nietzsche is affiliated with nihilism and individualism with a primary focus on personal development. His most notable books include The Birth of Tragedy, Thus Spoke Zarathustra. and Beyond Good and Evil. Nietzsche is frequently credited with contemporary teachings of psychology and sociology.
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Dithyrambs of Dionysus - Friedrich Nietzsche
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
Dithyrambs of
Dionysus
ISBN
978-1-4583-0466-7
Imprint: Lulu.com
Contents
Only a Fool! Only a Poet!
Nur Narr! Nur Dichter!
6
The Desert Grows: Woe to Him Who Harbours
Deserts ...
12
Die Wuste wiichst: weh dem, der Wusten birgt ...
Last Will
22
Letzter Wille
Amid Birds of Prey
24
Zwischen Raubvogeln
The Fire-Signal
Das Feuerzeichen
30
The Sun Sinks
Die Sonne sinkt
32
Ariadne's Complaint
Klage der Ariadne
36
Fame and Eternity
Ruhm und Ewigkeit
44
Of the Poverty of the Richest Man
Von der Armut des Reichsten
52
Dionysos-Dithyramben
Indem ich der Menschheit eine unbegrenzte Wohltat erweisen
will, gebe ich ihr meine Dithyramben.
Ich Lege sie in die Hande des Dichters der Isoline, des grb}Jten
und ersten Satyr, der heute lebt - und nicht nur heute . . .
DIONYSOS
Dithyrambs of Dionysus
In as much as I want to do mankind a boundless favour, I give them my dithyrambs.
I place them in the hands of the poet of Isoline; the first and greatest satyr alive today - and not onl,y today . . .
D IONYSUS
Nur Narr! Nur Dichter!
Bei abgehellter Luft,
wenn schon des Taus Trostung
zur Erde niederquillt,
unsichtbar, auch ungehort
- denn zartes Schuhwerk tragt
der Traster Tau gleich allen Trostmilden -
gedenkst du da, gedenkst du, heiBes Herz,
wie einst du durstetest,
nach himmlischen Tranen und Taugetraufel
versengt und miide durstetest,
dieweil auf gelben Graspfaden
boshaft abendliche Sonnenblicke
durch schwarze Baume um dich lief en,
blendende Sonnen-Glutblicke, schadenfrohe.
"Der Wahrheit Freier - du?" so hohnten sie -
"Nein! nur ein Dichter!
ein Tier, ein listiges, raubendes, schleichendes, das liigen muB,
das wissentlich, willentlich liigen muB,
nach Beute liistern,
bunt verlarvt,
such selbst zur Larve,
sich selbst zur Beute,
das - der Wahrheit Freier? . . .
Nur Narr! nur Dichter!
Nur Buntes redend,
aus Narrenlarven bunt herausredend,
herumsteigend auf liignerischen Wortbriicken, auf Liigen-Regenbogen
zwischen falschen Himmeln
herumschweifend, herumschleichend -
nur Narr! nur Dichter! . . .
Only a Fool! Only a Poet!
When the air grows clear,
when the dew's comfort already
rains down upon the earth,
invisible and unheard
- for dew the comforter
wears tender shoes like all that gently comforts -
do you then remember, do you, hot heart,
how once you thirsted
for heavenly tears and dew showers,
thirsted, scorched and weary,
while on yellow grassy paths
wicked