The light of inner knowledge ye have brought,
Ye cruel words, ‘Know thou thyself, O man.’
(From the springs and rocks resounds:)
Know thou thyself, O man.
Johannes:
Ye lead me back again within the sphere
Of mine own being’s former fantasies.
Yet in what shape know I myself again!
My human form is lost and gone from me;
Like some fierce dragon do I see myself;