Noche Oscura
Jesed
Dark Night
In a dark night
With desires inflamed in love
Oh blessed fortune!
I went out without being noticed
Already my house being calm
In darkness and safety
By the secret ladder, disguised
Oh blessed fortune!
In darkness and in ambush
Already my house being calm
In the blessed night
In secret where no one saw me
Nor I looked at anything
Without another light and guide
But the one that burned in my heart
This one guided me
More certain than the midday light
To where awaited me
The one who knew me well
In a place where no one appeared
Oh night, that guided me!
Oh night more kind than the dawn!
Oh night that united
Lover with beloved
Beloved transformed in the lover!
In my blooming chest
That was kept whole for him alone
There he lay asleep
And I caressed him
And the breeze of cedar fanned
The breeze from the battlement
When I scattered his hair
With his serene hand
And wounded my neck
And suspended all my senses
I remained and forgot myself
I reclined my face on the beloved
Everything ceased, and I left myself
Leaving my concerns
Forgotten among the lilies
