Noche Oscura

Dark Night

Noche Oscura

In a dark nightEn una noche oscura
With desires inflamed in loveCon ansias en amores inflamada
Oh blessed fortune!¡Oh dichosa ventura!
I went out without being noticedSalí sin ser notada
Already my house being calmEstando ya mi casa sosegada
In darkness and safetyA oscuras y segura
By the secret ladder, disguisedPor la secreta escala, disfrazada
Oh blessed fortune!¡Oh dichosa ventura!
In darkness and in ambushA oscuras y en celada
Already my house being calmEstando ya mi casa sosegada

In the blessed nightEn la noche dichosa
In secret where no one saw meEn secreto que nadie me veía
Nor I looked at anythingNi yo miraba cosa
Without another light and guideSin otra luz y guía
But the one that burned in my heartSino la que en el corazón ardía

This one guided meAquesta me guiaba
More certain than the midday lightMás cierto que la luz del mediodía
To where awaited meAdonde me esperaba
The one who knew me wellQuien yo bien me sabía
In a place where no one appearedEn sitio donde nadie aparecía

Oh night, that guided me!¡Oh noche, que guiaste!
Oh night more kind than the dawn!¡Oh noche amable más que la alborada!
Oh night that united¡Oh noche que juntaste
Lover with belovedAmado con amada
Beloved transformed in the lover!Amada en el amado transformada!

In my blooming chestEn mi pecho florido
That was kept whole for him aloneQue entero para él solo se guardaba
There he lay asleepAllí quedó dormido
And I caressed himY yo le regalaba
And the breeze of cedar fannedY el ventalle de cedros aire daba

The breeze from the battlementEl aire de la almena
When I scattered his hairCuando yo sus cabellos esparcía
With his serene handCon su mano serena
And wounded my neckY en mi cuello hería
And suspended all my sensesY todos mis sentidos suspendía

I remained and forgot myselfQuedéme y olvidéme
I reclined my face on the belovedEl rostro recliné sobre el amado
Everything ceased, and I left myselfCesó todo, y dejéme
Leaving my concernsDejando mi cuidado
Forgotten among the liliesEntre las azucenas olvidado