The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism

What else do we know of amidst the present desolation and languor of culture, which could awaken any comforting expectation for the future?

在当下文化的荒凉与萎靡之中,我们还能知道什么能唤起对未来的安慰期盼呢?

We look in vain for one single vigorously-branching root, for a speck of fertile and healthy soil: there is dust, sand, torpidness and languishing everywhere!

我们徒劳地寻找一棵枝繁叶茂的根,寻找一粒肥沃健康的土壤:处处是尘土、沙砾、麻木与倦怠!