1 “Ko te tangata i whānau i te wahine,
2 ānō he puāwai ia e puta mai ana, e kotia iho ana;
3 E titiro mai anō rānei ōu kanohi ki te pēnei?
4 Ko wai hei hōmai i te mea mā i roto i te mea poke?
5 Kua rite nā hoki ngā rā mōna;
6 Tahuri kē atu te titiro i a ia,
7 “Ka ai hoki he whakaaronga ki te rākau i tapahia,
8 Ahakoa kua tawhitotia tōna pakiaka ki te whenua,
9 heoi, mā te haunga o te wai ka pihi,
10 Ko te tangata ia, mate iho, marere noa iho;
11 Pērā i ngā wai e hē mai nei i te moana,
12 e pērā ana anō te tangata, e takoto ana,
13 “Auē, kia hunā noatia oti ahau e koe ki te pō,
14 Ki te mate te tangata, e ora anō rānei ia?
15 Māu e karanga, kia whakaō atu ai ahau;
16 Ināianei hoki e taua ana e koe ōku hīkoinga;
17 Hīri rawa tōku hē ki roto ki te pūtea,
18 “He pono ko te maunga e horo ana e memeha noa ake ana,
19 E ngau ana te wai i ngā kōhatu;
20 Taea ana ia e koe ake tonu atu,
21 Ko te whakahōnoretanga o āna tama,
22 E mamae anō ia te kikokiko o tōna tinana,