Lure of Nyght

From a blackened sky
A timid light breaks free
Stars radiat afar
To welcome thee
As the halls infinitely
Spread their dome and all is silent awe

Dreams conjured
By the moon-sorc'ress
Into souls asleep
And those nyght-alured

Let the dark embalm me
Step forth from the light
Nyght absorbs a dirge
Where freedom abides

As the halls infinitely
Spread their dome and all is silent awe

As the day has tired me
All my yearnings and desires
Shall be received by stars and moon
Like a child its sleep acquires

Hands! - let loose from all ado
Mind I bid thee- cease to ponder
All my senses laid to rest
Into slumbers gleeful wonder

"Und die Seele unbewacht
Will in freien Flügen schweben
Um im Zauberkreis der Nacht
Tief und tausendfach zu leben"
(Hermann Hesse)

So the soul can - unattended
Soar in the freedom of its flight
Living deep and thousandfold
Within the magic realm of nyght