1 Kua tae mai ahau ki tāku kāri, e tōku tuahine, e tōku hoa;
2 I te moe ahau, ko tōku ngākau ia i te oho.
3 Kua oti tōku koti te unu e ahau;
4 I kuhua mai tōna ringa e tāku e aroha nei i te kōhao o te tatau,
5 I ara atu ahau ki te uaki i te tatau ki tāku i aroha ai;
6 Uakina ana e ahau ki tāku i aroha ai;
7 I tūtaki ki ahau ngā kaitiaki e kōpikopiko nei i te pā;
8 He kī atu tēnei nāku ki a koutou, e ngā tamāhine o Hiruhārama,
9 E te wahine ātaahua rawa o ngā wāhine,
10 He mā tāku i aroha ai, he kiri wherowhero,
11 Ko tōna māhunga kei te tino kōura, he mea parakore,
12 Ko ōna kanohi kei o ngā kūkupa
13 Ko ōna pāpāringa, ānō he tupuranga kīnaki kakara,
14 Ko ōna ringa, ānō he mōwhiti kōura
15 Ko ōna waewae, rite tonu ki te pou mapere,
16 Ko tōna māngai he tino reka;