In the night we shall go in
to steal
the flowering branch.
We shall climb over the wall
in the darkness of the alien garden,
two shadows in the shadow.
Winter is not yet gone,
and the tree appears
suddenly changed
into a cascade of fragrant stars.
In the night we shall go in
up to its trembling firmament,
and your little hands and mine
will steal the stars.
And silently,
to out house,
in the night and the shadow,
with your steps will enter
perfume's silent step
and with starry feet
the clear body of spring.