O night O trembling night O night of sighs br O night when my body was a rod O night br When my mouth was a vague animal cry br Pasturing on her flesh O night br When the close darkness was a nest br Made of her hair and filled with my eyes br br (O stars impenetrable above br The fragile tent poled with our thighs br Among the petals falling fields of time br O night revolving all our dark away) br br O day O gradual day O sheeted light br Covering her body as with dews br Until I brushed her sealing sleep away br To read once more in the uncurtained day br Her naked love, my great good news.