Upon high mountains, sheer and steep,
Alone with nature I contend;
Surrounded by sublimity,
I wander worlds that have no end.
Eternity is long and deep;
I long for deep eternity.
Whenever I have made the leap
From certainty to paths unknown,
I've put a true integrity
In place as my foundation stone.
Eternity is long and deep;
I long for deep eternity.
The finest fruit that I can reap
Is harvested within the mind;
Wherever leads mentality,
The body follows close behind.
Eternity is long and deep;
I long for deep eternity.
Forsaking that which makes me weep,
I say a never-ending Yes;
My need is not security,
But qualities I choose to bless.
Eternity is long and deep;
I long for deep eternity.
If ever I have hoped to keep
A joy beyond its natural course,
Then I have willed infinity
And taken happiness by force.
Eternity is long and deep;
I long for deep eternity.
Eternity is long and deep,
With equal parts of joy and pain;
I long for deep eternity,
Since joy is what I strive to gain.
Eternity is long and deep;
I long for deep eternity.
(cf. Thus Spoke Zarathustra, "The Night Song", "The Seven Seals", "The Drunken Song")
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