1 E tāku tama, puritia āku kupu,
2 Puritia āku whakahau, ā, ka ora;
3 Herea ki ōu maihao;
4 Kī atu ki te whakaaro nui, “He tuahine koe nōku,”
5 Kia ai ēnei hei tiaki i a koe kei hē i te wahine kē,
6 I titiro atu hoki ahau i te matapihi o tōku whare
7 ā, i mātakitaki ahau i roto i ngā kūware,
8 e haere ana i te ara i te wāhi tata e piko atu ai ki a ia,
9 i te kākarauritanga, i te ahiahi o te rā,
10 Nā, kua tūtaki tētahi wahine ki a ia,
11 He māngai korokī tōna, he tohetohe;
12 ināianei kei ngā ara ia, inamata kei ngā waharoa,
13 Koia i hopukia ai ia e ia, kei te kihi i a ia,
14 “He patunga mō te pai kei ahau;
15 koia ahau i haere mai ai ki te whakatau i a koe,
16 Ko tōku moenga kua horahia e ahau,
17 Kua ruia e ahau tōku moenga ki ngā mea whakakakara,
18 Haere mai, kia whaowhina tāua ki te aroha, ā ao noa;
19 Kāhore hoki tāku tāne i te whare;
20 I maua atu e ia he pūtea moni i tōna ringa;
21 He maha nō āna kōrero whakawai, riro ana ia i a ia ki tāna;
22 Haere tonu ia i muri i a ia,
23 ā, tū noa te tao ki tōna ate puta rawa.
24 Nō reira, e āku tamariki, whakarongo ki ahau,
25 Kei peau kē tōu ngākau ki ōna ara,
26 He tokomaha hoki ngā tāngata i tū, i hinga i a ia,
27 He huarahi tōna whare ki te rēinga,