1 Auē te mate mō te hunga e whakatakoto ana i ngā tikanga hē,
2 hei whakakotiti kē i te whakawā mō ngā rawakore,
3 Ka pēhea rā koutou i te rā o te tirohanga mai,
4 Ka piko noa iho rātou ki raro i ngā herehere,
5 “Auē, e te Ahiriana, te rākau o tōku riri,
6 Ka ungā ia e ahau ki te iwi ngutukau;
7 Kāhore ia ōna whakaaro pēnei,
8 E kī ana hoki ia:
9 He teka ianei he rite a Karano ki Karakemihi,
10 Ka rite ki ngā kīngitanga o ngā whakapakoko i tūpono mai ki tōku ringa;
11 e kore ianei tāku e mea ai ki Hiruhārama, ki ōna whakapakoko,
12 Nā, tēnei ake, kia oti i te Ariki tāna mahi katoa ki Maunga Hiona, ki Hiruhārama, “Ka whiua e ahau ngā hua o te ngākau nui o te kīngi o Ahiria, me te korōria anō o ōna kanohi whakakake.
13 Kua kī nā hoki ia:
14 Nā, kua kitea e tōku ringa
15 E whakahīhī rānei te tītaha ki te tangata nāna nei ia i whakamahi ki te hahau?
16 Mō reira ka ungā mai e te Ariki, e te Ariki o ngā mano,
17 Ā hei ahi te mārama o Īharaira,
18 Ka pau anō hoki i a ia te korōria o tōna ngahere,
19 Nā, ko te toenga o ngā rākau o tōna ngahere,
20 I taua rā ka whakamutua e ngā toenga o Īharaira
21 He toenga anō e hoki mai,
22 Nō te mea ahakoa i rite tōu iwi, a Īharaira ki te onepū o te moana,
23 Ka oti rā hoki, ka mahia anō hoki e te Ariki, e Ihowā o ngā mano,
24 Nā reira tēnei kupu a te Ariki, a Ihowā o ngā mano:
25 He wāhi iti rawa nei, ā, ka whakatutukitia te weriweri,
26 Ka oho anō i a Ihowā o ngā mano he whiu mōna,
27 Nā, i taua rā ka makere atu tāna pīkaunga i tōu pokohiwi,
28 Kua tae ki Aiata;
29 Kei tēnei taha rātou o te whakawhitinga,
30 Kia nui tōu reo, e te tamāhine a Karimi!
31 He whati a Maramena;
32 Hei tēnei rā anō ka tū ia ki Nopo;
33 Nanā, ka tapahia e te Ariki, e Ihowā o ngā mano,
34 Ka tuaina anō e ia ngā rākau pūruru o te ngahere ki te rino,