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John of the Cross

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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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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.
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Variant translation by Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez (1991)

 
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