Night comes up with her many eyes,

Looking for a spot to rest,

Filling the sky with beauty, filling the

Water with her darkness.

Oh Night, immortal goddess, look

With favor on us here,

We who occupy these lands where

You have walked.

We are walking toward our homes,

Like all that walks and flies,

All who seek their nests and hiding

Places as the night comes on.

Keep the wolf and the fox away

Tonight, keep thieves from us,

Oh let this night pass easily and safely

For us here.

-Indian Vedic hymn