For Dancers

by Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Peter Saint-Andre

The smoothest ice
Is paradise
For those who chance
To know the dance.

Für Tänzer

Glattes Eis
Ein Paradeis
Für den, der gut zu tanzen weiß.

(Translation of "Für Tänzer", The Joyful Learning, Prelude, §13)

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