My father looked at me when I was young
Said you won't show your bloom to everyone
Don't give your nectar to the honey bee
We spend the sunlight waiting patiently
But when the yellow rush of day is through
When spider web is jeweled with dew
When the crocus and hibiscus and the lotus close
The sacred lotus and the moss rose
The bats come, and the beetles
And the moths hum
When the man puts out his light
Then you open
Take your freedom
You're a flower that blooms at night
Goodnight Gazania and sweet White Water Lily
The Poppy Mallow shuts her blossom
And with the falling of the fleeting Morning Glory
Arrive the fox and the opossum
Hidden crickets start the nocturne
Now it's our turn
When the Great Grey Owl takes flight
She's beholding
The unfolding
Of the flowers that bloom at night
Soon flower, soon flower
Wait for the sigh of dusk
Moon flower, moon flower
Trust in the time for us
I know you're tired of being tired
I know you want to wake
It's true it's part of you, the quiet ache
A little sorrow only makes us grow more ravishing
A little sorrow is a blessing
We're for lovers and new mothers
For the wakeful
For the ballads that they write
And our patience sweetens the fragrance
Of the flowers that bloom
When the bats come, and the beetles
When the moths hum
And the man puts out his light
Now we open
It's our freedom
We're the flowers that bloom at night
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