Ahau noa hiahia ki te whakarongo ki te puku

Whakarerea noatia iho ahau.
Ahau noa hiahia ki te kite i
Te mea ki te kite e kore i homai ki nga tangata katoa,
Ahau kia hiahia ki te tatari..
A e kore e he ana..
Me utu koe i te tino mārama.

Ahau noa hiahia ki te whakarongo ki te puku,-
Tou te ao kua te wareware te muhumuhu o te moe;
Te wairua, te waea, ano he pere, kakahu
Ki te ngahere, whero, ki te ahiahi.

Steles whāriki, ngohengohe tonu i muri i te kiwi
I te takahi o te koraha, puruhi te kararehe,
Ahau anake ka mea te ata me te tino hamumu ake, -
Me te hau wehea he hoki te hau.

Rite koe, te moana muhumuhu ki ahau lhianga.
Ka rite ki a koe, i ahau te marama, kata, i roto i te kanohi whiti,
Ahau e koe, ka rite ki te ra-whiwhi nui,
Engari ia tona uara ka nui rawa.

Korero ki,
He aha tenei te ngoikore
Te kōpā, kokotikore i te ringa?
I reira e te katoa te rohirohi te haere mai i,
Te wahi i te takahi haere i-e kore e tapuwae!- toski?

Korero mai ki ahau,
Rite hohoro rite ahau Ara ake -
Me te mea katoa e haere,
Nga mea katoa ka hurihia iho ki reira, ki te torere podzem!

Mea,
e te katoa e haere, korero ki - " e kore e taea te hauwarea!"
Maka atu i te te kupu, i ahau, a ka waiho koe hei kohatu i runga i te whenua!

E koe te kōrero me te muhumuhu,
Perevisa mata, rambling aho!
Te takaro ki te kupu, me te tuku i a ratou,
E kau ratou, e kore e ratou te ngako o ngā!

Ko ahau ki te kia murua rite ki tetahi kei murua hoki te ora
I runga i te whakamahau, i te mata, te ringa o te huri, -
Hoatu anake taiawhiotia, e te faahiti nei te manawa!
Kia ngahau o te reira, tangi te reira i roto i ki te wāhi o te pouri!

Ko ahau i konei!

Me pēhea te mamae te reira ahau ki te tangi..
Here i am!..ano he mara i roto i te ngahere.
I ahau ki! Ahau me i noho puku.
Koe anake e kore e hoatu e i roto i, - mutu i ahau te waiata!..