1 Ko ngā kupu a Kīngi Remuera; ko te poropititanga i whakaakona ai ia e tōna whaea:
2 He aha, e tāku tama? He aha, e te tama a tōku kōpū?
3 Kaua e hoatu tōu kaha ki ngā wāhine,
4 Ehara mā ngā kīngi, e Remuera,
5 Kei inu rātou, ā, ka wareware ki te ture,
6 Hoatu he wai kaha mā te tangata e tata ana te marere,
7 tukua ia kia inu, kia wareware ai ki tōna rawakore,
8 Kia puaki tōu māngai mō te wahangū,
9 Kia puaki tōu māngai, whakaritea te whakawā i runga i te tika,
10 Ko wai e kite i te wahine e ū ana tōna pai?
11 Ka whakapono te ngākau o tāna tāne ki a ia,
12 He pai tāna e mea ai ki a ia, kāhore hoki he kino,
13 E kimi ana ia i te huruhuru hipi, i te muka,
14 Ko tōna rite kei ngā kaipuke o ngā kaihokohoko;
15 E maranga ana hoki ia i te mea e pō tonu ana,
16 E whakaaroaro ana ia ki tētahi māra, ā, ka hokona e ia;
17 E whītiki ana ia i tōna hope ki te kaha,
18 Ka kite ia he pai tāna i hokohoko ai;
19 Ka totoro atu ōna ringa ki te mea tākai miro,
20 Ka wherahia tōna ringa ki te ware;
21 E kore ia e wehi i te hukarere mō tōna whare;
22 Oti ake i a ia te whatuwhatu he whāriki mōna;
23 E mōhiotia ana tāna tāne i ngā kūwaha,
24 E hangā ana e ia he rīnena pai, ā, hokona atu ana;
25 He kaha, he hōnore ōna kākahu;
26 He nui ōna whakaaro ina puaki tōna māngai;
27 Ka āta tirohia e ia ngā ara o tōna whare,
28 Ka whakatika āna tamariki, ā, he kupu manaaki tā rātou mōna;
29 “He tokomaha ngā tamāhine i ū te pai o tā rātou mahi,
30 He mea teka noa te manako, he mea horihori te ātaahua;
31 Hoatu ki a ia o ngā hua o ōna ringa;