1. We wore the cloak of night while night still suckled
Until it bowed its head with hoary hair

2. And we spent the night like two entwined branches
Swayed by the morning breeze, north and south

3. In a state that thwarts the envious with anger
And turns from us the eye of every watcher

4. Until dawn's light appeared as though it were
The flashing blades of warriors in dusty armor

5. O night, you left without causing any harm
And morning comes, no lover in its midst