
The Mask and Mirror (1994), The Dark Night of The Soul
O guiding night! O night more lovely than the dawn!
O night that has united the Lover with his beloved, transforming the beloved in her Lover.
Variant translation by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez (1991)
Oh night thou was my guide
Oh night more loving than the rising sun
Oh night that joined the lover to the beloved one
transforming each of them into the other.
Variant adapted for music by Loreena McKennitt (1994)
Dark Night of the Soul
The Mask and Mirror (1994), The Dark Night of The Soul
“But when shall spring visit the mouldering urn?
Oh when shall it dawn on the night of the grave?”
The Hermit
I Wanna Be Your Lover
Song lyrics, Prince (1979)
“Oh pilot, 't is a fearful night!
There's danger on the deep.”
The Pilot, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Fly not yet.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Happy are the beloved and the lovers and those who can live without love.”