Auld Daddy Darkness... See him in the corners hidin' frae the licht, See him at the window gloomin' at the nicht...

In Scots dialect, the speaker personifies darkness as an old, almost comic figure—“Auld Daddy Darkness”—who skulks in corners and peers in at the night. The imagery turns an abstract condition (darkness) into a character with motives and habits, suggesting fear of light and a kind of resentful attachment to night. The tone can be read as playful (a nursery- or fireside-style address to something uncanny) while still acknowledging the psychological experience of darkness as intrusive and watchful. The lines also dramatize the boundary between interior safety (corners, windows) and the enveloping “nicht” outside, making darkness feel both domestic and menacing.