nativity

"as he was carried along the way...they would turn back at the sight of the child,

and neglect their business, to indulge themselves with the sight of him;

for such was the loveliness of the child, that it detained those that saw him.''

-Josephus, on Moses as a baby

This melody seems less romance and much more lullaby, I think.  Mother rather than lover, it conjures up memories of long gazes at infant toes and tiny fists, seeing that new person who is daughter or son for the very first time.

Speaking of babies and birth-days.