This night

O little head of gold! O candle of my house!

Thou wilt guide all who travel this country.

Be quiet, O house! And O little gray mice,

Stay at home to-night in your hidden lairs!

O moths on the window, fold your wings!

Stay at home tonight, O little black chafers!

O plover and O curlew, over my house do not travel!

Speak not, O barnacle-goose, going over the mountain here!

O creatures of the mountain, that wake so early,

Stir not tonight till the sun whitens over you.