rAtrisUktam 6

यावया वृक्यं वृकं यवय स्तॆनमूर्म्यॆ | 
अथा नः सुतरा भव || 6 ||

yAvayA vRRikyaM vRRikaM yavaya stEnamUrmyE |

athA naH sutarA bhava || 6 ||

Keep away the she-wolf and the wolf, keep away the thief in the night,

and be easy for us to pass through.

rAtrisUktam 5

नि ग्रामासो अविक्षत नि पद्वन्तो नि पक्षिणः | 
नि श्यॆनासश्चिदर्थिनः || 5 ||

ni grAmAso avikShata ni padvanto ni pakShiNaH |

ni shyEnAsashchidarthinaH || 5 ||

The villagers have gone to sleep, as have all that walk, and all that fly,

even the hungering hawks.

Poet at 75, in Birthday Suit

This is a token
that rules are made
to be broken.
I broke the rule,
and I lied to boot.
It isn't my birthday,
but it's my only suit.