I hono mai rātou ki ahau i muri i tōku wehenga

ā, i whakarite i tā mātou kawenata o mua

Ahakoa te pūhaehae o te tangata

i tutuki i a rātou tā mātou oati mā te tūhono

Āue, taku harakoa i tēnei pātata!

Āue, te tūmanako pai o tōku waimarie!

I mākoha mai taku marama kapi ki te hononga

āue te hari, kua eke ahau ki taku whāinga

Nā reira, whakamine mai e ngā roimata o ōku kamo

ā, kia tineia hoki e te ahi o tōku hiahia

No te mea kei roto ahau i taku pō o te whakahoahoa

ā, kua mā te mātāpuna o taku taha wairua

Kua hapainga e ahau aku kapu aroha

i waenga i te kakara o te pūrengi me te rōhi

Mai i ngā ringaringa o tētahi hīkoi rangatira

he hāwaniwani, he tinana rōreka, he hūmārie

I ētahi wā ka waiata ia, "Tangohia taku kapu"

i ētahi wā anō, "Inā taku pāpā"

Ki te kī atu ahau, "E te Ariki e mano nei"

ka kī mai ia, "E te Pononga e mano nei"

Ki te hoatu e ia te inu whakaranu ki ētahi atu

ka wehea e ia te mea parakore māku anake

I roto i tōna aroha, waiho atu ā kōrua whakahē i ahau

ā, maka atu taku mōhio ki te hē, ki te tika rānei

No te mea ko te ahi o taku kaingākau i roto i tōna aroha

he rite tonu ki te hari mutungakore o te Pāratatā ki ahau