Its Romanian usage here indicates the young lad is illicitly going over to his sweetheart's family's house, probably in the neighboring village. Under the cover of darkness, he meets her for a kiss. Consorting, let alone kissing outside marriage was strictly prohibited. People of marriageable age, 15 and up, would meet under their mothers' and grandmothers' watchful eyes at the Sunday Hora Mare (Great Dance) in the center of the village. Everyone in their Sunday best, a brass band playing, older men off to one side discussing crops, flocks, horses. It must have been quite a pageant: unmarried boys and girls, engaged couples, newlyweds, and sometimes older (up to their 30s) married men and women also danced. At the Hora Mare one could signal one's interest to a potential mate, exchange a fleeting hand squeeze, or get a whiff of the basil in bloom that the girl would hide in her blouse. Usually marriages were arranged, but the young girl and boy were allowed to turn down the parents' choice.

In close-nit rural society everyone's secrets are everybody else's gossip. In the song, the young man must hide his interest in the girl, since her parents are still in the dark. Yet his neighbors know he's up to something.

He is not too concerned, because he will ask her parents for her hand in marriage.

"Floare aleasa" does mean "exquisite flower," although the most common meaning is "chosen." This is a bit like using "select wines" on a fancy wine list.