1 “E mōhiotia ana rānei e koe te wā e whānau ai ngā koati mohoao o te kāmaka?
2 E taua anō rānei e koe ngā marama e rite ana i a rātou?
3 Tuohu ana rātou, kua puta mai ā rātou kūao,
4 E pai ana te āhua o ā rātou kūao, e tupu ana i te pārae;
5 “Nā wai i tuku te kāihe mohoao kia haere noa atu;
6 Ko te whare i whakaritea nei e ahau mōna, ko te koraha;
7 Whakahāweatia iho e ia te ngangau o te pā;
8 Ko tōna wāhi kai kei te tuahiwi o ngā maunga,
9 “E pai rānei te unikanga kia mahi ki a koe?
10 E herea rānei e koe te unikanga ki tōna taura i te awa parautanga?
11 E whakawhirinaki atu rānei koe ki a ia, nō te mea e nui ana tōna kaha?
12 E whakapono atu rānei koe māna āu hua e whakahoki mai;
13 “E whakamanamana ana te parirau o te otereti;
14 E whakarērea ana e ia ōna hua ki te whenua,
15 wareware ake ia tērā pea e pēpē i te waewae,
16 He mea pakeke ia ki āna pī, me te mea ehara i a ia;
17 nō te mea i whakakāhoretia e te Atua he ngākau mahara mōna,
18 I te wā e maranga ai ia ki runga,
19 “Nāu rānei i hoatu tōna kaha ki te hōiho?
20 Nāu rānei ia i mea kia pekepeke, kia pērā me te māwhitiwhiti?
21 E hūkari ana ia i te raorao, me te koa anō ki tōna kaha;
22 Whakahāwea ana ia ki te wehi, kāhore ōna mataku;
23 Papā ana te papa pere ki tōna taha,
24 E horomia ana e ia te whenua, me te ngangau me te riri;
25 Ka tangi ana te tētere ka mea ia, ‘Ha, ha!’
26 “He mōhio nōu i rere ai te kāhu,
27 Nāu te kupu i kake ai te ēkara?
28 Noho ana ia i runga i te kāmaka, kei reira tōna kāinga,
29 Ā, rapua ana e ia he kai i reira;
30 Horomititia ake ana hoki ngā toto e āna pī;