Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn,
Oh, night that joined Beloved with lover, Lover transformed in the Beloved!

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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.

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by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez (1991) || adapted for music by Loreena McKennitt (1994)

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