“Let darkness and black gloom claim it;
Let a cloud settle on it;
Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

“As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.

“Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;
Let it wait for light but have none,
And let it not see the breaking dawn;