I love the poetic imagery created by the last line in the first verse "Your flesh caressed by night" ... to me night in this sense can be interpreted as death, or a bruise (the colour of night) or even simply the black ailments (of the black plague).
As @Davy commented, it appears to be describing the black plague and the last line suggests far well to such "death".
I love the poetic imagery created by the last line in the first verse "Your flesh caressed by night" ... to me night in this sense can be interpreted as death, or a bruise (the colour of night) or even simply the black ailments (of the black plague).
As @Davy commented, it appears to be describing the black plague and the last line suggests far well to such "death".