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Morgenröthe
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
(1881)

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The Dawn of Day Aurora

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In this book we find a “subterrestrial” at work, digging, mining, undermining. You can see him, always provided that you have eyes for such deep work,—how he makes his way slowly, cautiously, gently but surely, without showing signs of the weariness that usually accompanies a long privation of light and air. He might even be called happy, despite his labours in the dark. Does it not seem as if some faith were leading him on, some solace recompensing him for his toil? Or that he himself desires a long period of darkness, an unintelligible, hidden, enigmatic something, knowing as he does that he will in time have his own morning, his own redemption, his own rosy dawn?—Yea, verily he will return: ask him not what he seeketh in the depths; for he himself will tell you, this apparent Trophonius and subterrestrial, whensoever he once again becomes man. One easily unlearns how to hold one’s tongue when one has for so long been a mole, and all alone, like him.—

Este libro es obra de un hombre subterráneo, de un hombre que taladra, que socava y que roe. Quien tenga los ojos acostumbrados a estas actividades subterráneas podrá ver con qué delicada inflexibilidad va avanzando lentamente el autor, sin que parezca afectarle el inconveniente que supone estar largo tiempo privado de aire y de luz. Hasta se podría pensar que le satisface este oscuro trabajo suyo. Cualquiera diría que le guía una determinada fe, que un cierto consuelo le compensa de su dura labor. Pero ¿no será que quiere rodearse de una densa oscuridad que sea suya y nada más que suya, que trata de adueñarse de cosas incomprensibles, ocultas y enigmáticas, con la conciencia de que de ello surgirá su mañana, su propia redención, su propia aurora?

Por supuesto que volverá a la superficie; no le preguntéis qué es lo que busca allá abajo; él mismo os lo dirá cuando vuelva a ser hombre ese Trofonio, ese sujeto de aspecto subterráneo. Y es que quienes, como él, han vivido a solas mucho tiempo llevando una existencia de topo, no pueden permanecer en silencio.

ever: Ever means at any time.
return: To return is to go back to a place.
rest: To rest is to stop being active while the body gets back its strength.
alone: If someone is alone, they are not with another person.
thin: If someone or something is thin, they are not fat.
hidden: Hidden means to be not easily noticed or too hard to find.
lone: If someone or something is lone, they are the only one of that kind.
earn: To earn means to get money for the work you do.
period: A period is an amount of time when something happens.
sign: A sign is a notice giving information, directions, a warning, etc.
own: To own something means to have it. That thing belongs to you.
gain: If you gain something, you get more of it.

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Morgenröthe Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1881)

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The Dawn of Day		Aurora
1		1.
In this book we find a “subterrestrial” at work, digging, mining, undermining. You can see him, always provided that you have eyes for such deep work,—how he makes his way slowly, cautiously, gently but surely, without showing signs of the weariness that usually accompanies a long privation of light and air. He might even be called happy, despite his labours in the dark. Does it not seem as if some faith were leading him on, some solace recompensing him for his toil? Or that he himself desires a long period of darkness, an unintelligible, hidden, enigmatic something, knowing as he does that he will in time have his own morning, his own redemption, his own rosy dawn?—Yea, verily he will return: ask him not what he seeketh in the depths; for he himself will tell you, this apparent Trophonius and subterrestrial, whensoever he once again becomes man. One easily unlearns how to hold one’s tongue when one has for so long been a mole, and all alone, like him.—		Este libro es obra de un hombre subterráneo, de un hombre que taladra, que socava y que roe. Quien tenga los ojos acostumbrados a estas actividades subterráneas podrá ver con qué delicada inflexibilidad va avanzando lentamente el autor, sin que parezca afectarle el inconveniente que supone estar largo tiempo privado de aire y de luz. Hasta se podría pensar que le satisface este oscuro trabajo suyo. Cualquiera diría que le guía una determinada fe, que un cierto consuelo le compensa de su dura labor. Pero ¿no será que quiere rodearse de una densa oscuridad que sea suya y nada más que suya, que trata de adueñarse de cosas incomprensibles, ocultas y enigmáticas, con la conciencia de que de ello surgirá su mañana, su propia redención, su propia aurora? Por supuesto que volverá a la superficie; no le preguntéis qué es lo que busca allá abajo; él mismo os lo dirá cuando vuelva a ser hombre ese Trofonio, ese sujeto de aspecto subterráneo. Y es que quienes, como él, han vivido a solas mucho tiempo llevando una existencia de topo, no pueden permanecer en silencio.
ever: Ever means at any time. return: To return is to go back to a place. rest: To rest is to stop being active while the body gets back its strength. alone: If someone is alone, they are not with another person. thin: If someone or something is thin, they are not fat. hidden: Hidden means to be not easily noticed or too hard to find. lone: If someone or something is lone, they are the only one of that kind. earn: To earn means to get money for the work you do. period: A period is an amount of time when something happens. sign: A sign is a notice giving information, directions, a warning, etc. own: To own something means to have it. That thing belongs to you. gain: If you gain something, you get more of it.

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