1 Nanā, ka kīngi te kīngi i runga i te tika,
2 Ā, ka ai he tangata hei kuhunga ina pā te hau,
3 Nā, e kore e atarua ngā kanohi o te hunga kite;
4 Ka mātauria anō te mātauranga e te ngākau o te hunga pōnānā,
5 E kore te wairangi e kīia i muri he ohaoha,
6 Ka kōrero hoki te tangata nanakia i te nanakia,
7 He kino hoki ngā hanga a te kaiponu;
8 He ohaoha ia ngā tikanga a te ohaoha;
9 Whakatika e ngā wāhine e noho pai ana,
10 He maha ngā rā i tua atu i te tau
11 E wiri, e ngā wāhine e noho hūmārie ana;
12 Ka papaki rātou ki ngā uma mō ngā māra ātaahua,
13 ka puta ake te tātarāmoa me te tūmatakuru
14 Nō te mea ka mahue te whare kīngi,
15 kia ringihia mai rā anō i runga te wairua ki a tātou,
16 Ko reira te whakawā noho ai ki te koraha,
17 Ā, ko te mahi a te tika he rongo mau;
18 Ka noho hoki tāku iwi ki te nohoanga o te rongo mau,
19 Ka tārere iho ia te whatu i te hinganga o te ngahere;
20 Anō te hari o koutou,