Now the hour has come at last,
The soft and fading light
Has crossed the west horizon
And bidden us goodnight.
And what a lovely night it is
To walk a moonlit field
To see the softer shades
Thar are by starlight now revealed.
So why it is that now,
When all is quiet and at rest,
When candles glow and all the world
Is at its very best,
The ponies of Equestria
Should lock themselves away
To shun the moon and wait
Instead for sister's sunny day.
(In umbra Luna est)
Am I so wrong to wish that
The could see things as I do?
And am I so wrong to think
That they might love me too?
Why shouldn't they adore me,
Is it not within my right?
I'll not be overshadowed.
Mine is not the lesser light!
I've waited long enough now
For them all to come around
And though the Sun may plead and threaten,
The Moon will stand her ground!
It has come to this at last,
I'll no longer yield the sky
If they cannot love but one princess alone!
See, the moon is rising.
She has come to claim the heavens
For her own.
And all will know the wonders
Of my dark and jeweled sky
When all the world is wrapped
In an eternal lullaby!
So say goodnight
To this, the final setting of the Sun
Tomorrow dawns in darkness,
The Night Time has begun!
(Nocte)