1 “E taea rānei a Rewiatana te kukume mai e koe ki te matau?
2 E whakanohoia rānei e koe he aho ki tōna ihu?
3 E maha rānei āna īnoi ki a koe?
4 E whakarite kawenata rānei ia ki a koe?
5 Ka rite rānei ia ki te manu hei mea tākaro māu?
6 E waiho rānei ia hei taonga hokohoko mā ngā rōpū tāngata hī ika?
7 E kapi rānei tōna kiri i o tao?
8 Kia pā tōu ringa ki a ia;
9 Nanā, he hori kau te manako ki a ia;
10 Kāhore he tangata e māia rawa hei whakaoho i a ia;
11 Ko wai te tangata nāna te mea kua takoto wawe ki ahau, e whakautu ai ahau ki a ia?
12 “E kore e hunā e ahau te kōrero mō ōna wāhi, mō tōna kaha,
13 Mā wai e tīhore a waho o tōna kākahu?
14 Mā wai e whakatuwhera ngā tatau o tōna mata?
15 Ko tāna e whakamanamana ai ko ōna unahi pakari;
16 Nā, i te tata tonu o tētahi ki tētahi,
17 Piri tonu rātou ki a rātou anō, mau tonu,
18 Ka tihe ia, ka kōwhā mai te mārama;
19 E puta ana mai i tōna māngai he rama mura,
20 Puta ana te paowa i ōna pongaponga,
21 Ngiha ana ngā waro i tōna hā,
22 Kei tōna kakī te kaha e noho ana,
23 Ko ōna kikokiko tāwerewere piri tonu;
24 Pakari tonu tōna ngākau ānō he kāmaka;
25 Ka whakarewa ia i a ia ki runga ka wehi ngā tāngata nunui;
26 Ki te whai tētahi i a ia ki te hoari, e kore e taea;
27 Ki tōna whakaaro he kakau wīti te rino,
28 E kore ia e tahuti i te pere;
29 Kīia ake e ia ngā patu hei pāpapa
30 Ko raro ōna e rite ana ki te kōhatu koikoi;
31 E meinga ana e ia te rire kia koropupū ānō he kōhua,
32 E hangaia ana e ia he huarahi mārama i muri i a ia;
33 I te whenua nei kāhore he mea hei rite mōna,
34 E titiro ana ia ki ngā mea tiketike katoa;