1 Ko te waiata o ngā waiata, ko tā Horomona.
2 Kia kihia ahau e ia ki ngā kihi a tōna māngai!
3 He kakara pai tō ōu hinu;
4 Kūmea ahau; ka rere atu mātou, ka whai i a koe;
5 He mangu ahau, otiia he ātaahua anō,
6 Kaua e titiro mai ki ahau, nō te mea he parauri ahau,
7 Whakaaturia mai ki ahau, e tā tōku wairua e aroha nei,
8 Ki te kore koe e mōhio,
9 Kua whakaritea koe e ahau, e tāku e aroha nei,
10 He ātaahua ōu pāpāringa i ngā whiri o ngā makawe,
11 Ka hangā e mātou ētahi mekameka kōura mōu,
12 I te kīngi e noho ana i tōna tēpu,
13 Ko te rite ki ahau o tāku e aroha nei kei te paihere maira,
14 He tautau hena ki ahau tāku e aroha nei,
15 Nanā, he ātaahua koe, e tāku e aroha nei;
16 Nanā, he ātaahua koe, e tāku kaingākau,
17 he hīta ngā kurupae o tō tāua whare,