I te raorao o al-Aqiq i huihui ai mātou

ko mātou me te hunga karu pango

He aha ō whakaaro mō te pōrewarewa a Layla?

He wāhi noa iho tōna pōrewarewatanga ki tēnei

E aku karu, kua ngenge au i a koutou

ā, e aku kamo, kua whakarere koutou i ahau

E taku manawa iti, kia manawanui

ki te hunga i wehe atu i ahau

I wehe atu ahau i a rātou i te Rāhina

i te ata o te Rātū, kua mokemoke noa iho au

He rangatira nui rātou i whakarere i ahau

e heke ana te toto hei roimata i aku karu

I tangi au a tae noa ki te aroha o ngā manu

i runga i ngā peka ki ahau

Mā te Atua, ki te mate au i te hiahia

horoia ahau ki aku ake roimata

Tangi mōku, me te kī atu

“Tēnei te tangata i whakamatea e aua karu”

I tū tonu ahau ki te taha o ngā kararehe eke

e inoi ana, “Mā te Atua, haria atu ahau”

Ki ngā kāinga o tōku iwi!

I haere atu rātou me te kore e poroporoaki ki ahau

Haere, e taku karere, ki a rātou

kia tere, me te kihi i ō rātou ringaringa

Tukuna aku oha ki a rātou

tērā pea ka whakaae mai rātou ki ahau

I haere mai taku karere ki ahau e kata ana

ka kī mai, “Kia hari, nōu te hohou rongo!”

Ko te herenga o te taro me te tote kei waenga i a koutou

kua oati mai rātou ka hono anō koutou ki a rātou