1 Taukiri e! Noho mokemoke ana te pā
2 Nui atu tāna tangi i te pō,
3 Kua haere a Hūrā ki te whakarau,
4 Kei te tangi ngā ara o Hiona,
5 Kua waiho ōna hoariri hei upoko,
6 Kua wehe atu i te tamāhine a Hiona
7 E mahara ana a Hiruhārama
8 Nui atu te hara o Hiruhārama;
9 Kei ōna kurupatu tōna poke,
10 Kua wherahia atu te ringa o te hoariri ki runga
11 Kei te auē tōna iwi katoa,
12 “He kāhore noa iho tēnei ki a koutou,
13 “Kua tukua iho nei e ia i runga,
14 “Ko te ioka o ōku hē herea iho
15 “Kua kore noa iho i te Ariki
16 “Nā ēnei mea ahau i tangi ai;
17 Kua wherahia e Hiona ōna ringa;
18 “He tika hoki a Ihowā;
19 “I karanga ahau ki te hunga i aroha ki ahau,
20 “Titiro mai, e Ihowā, he mamae hoki tōku,
21 “Kua rongo rātou kei te auē ahau,
22 “Kia tae tō rātou kino katoa ki tōu aroaro;