I meet my love under the stars So far from watching eyes Five long years we've met this way My love, the night and I So much in love we walked 'til dawn Far away from city walls In forest shelter-covered field A flower blooms as darkness falls This love so bold goes undeclared A joy unseen, a world unknown A love that dare not speak its name Hidden treasure, precious stone My lover's hand is wrapped in mine Hidden always from the day Across this meeting draws a veil The age of reason turns away For we two men go on and on And my love walks next to me And in some far off place I know That I'll love may shameless be