Upon a darkened night
The flame of love was
burning in my breast
And by a lantern bright
I fled my house
while all in quiet rest
Shrouded by the night
And by the secret
stair I quickly fled
The veil concealed my eyes
While all within lay quiet
as the dead
Oh night thou
was my guide
Of night more loving than
the rising sun
Oh night that
joined the lover
To the beloved one
Transforming each of them
into the other
Upon that misty night
In secrecy
beyond such mortal sight
Without a guide or light
Than that which burned
so deeply in my heart
That firet' was led me on
And shone more bright
than of the midday sun
To where he waited still
It was a place where no one
else could come
Oh night thou
was my guide
Of night more loving than
the rising sun
Oh night that
joined the lover
To the beloved one
Transforming each of them
into the other
Within my pounding heart
Which kept itself
entirely for him
He fell into his sleep
Beneath the cedars
all my love I gave
And by the fortress walls
The wind would brush
his hair against his brow
And with its smoothest hand
Caressed
my every sense it
would allow
Oh night thou
was my guide
Of night more loving than
the rising sun
Oh night that
joined the lover
To the beloved one
Transforming each of them
into the other
I lost myself to him
And laid my face
upon my lover's breast
And care and grief grew dim
As in the morning's mist
became the light
There they dimmed
amongst the lilies fair
There they dimmed
amongst the lilies fair
There they dimmed
amongst the lilies fair