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1 Auē me i rite koe ki tōku tungāne
i ngote nei i ngā ū o tōku whaea!
Ka kite ahau i a koe i waho, ka kihia koe e ahau,
āe, e kore tētahi e whakahāwea ki ahau.
2 Ka aratakina koe e ahau,
ka kawea ki te whare o tōku whaea,
ko ia anō hei whakaako i ahau.
Ka whakainumia koe e ahau ki te wāina whakaranu,
ki te wai o tāku pamekaranete.
3 Ko tōna mauī ki raro i tōku mātenga,
ko tōna matau ki te awhi i ahau!
4 He kī atu tēnei nāku ki a koutou, e ngā tamāhine o Hiruhārama,
kaua e whakaohokia, kaua e whakaarahia tāku e aroha nei,
kia pai rā anō ia!
Te Hokinga Mai
Ngā Hoa
5 Ko wai tēnei e haere mai nei i te koraha
e taupuhipuhi nei ki tāna i aroha ai?
Te Wahine
Nāku koe i whakaara ake i raro i te āporo;
ko te wāhi tēnā i puta mai ai koe i roto i tōu whaea;
i puta mai anō koe i reira i roto i te wahine i whānau ai koe.
6 Waiho ahau hei hīri ki tōu ngākau,
hei hīri ki tōu ringa;
rite tahi hoki ki tō te mate te kaha o te aroha;
nanakia tonu te hae, ānō ko te urupā,
ko ōna hiko, he hiko ahi,
he mura pū nā Ihowā.
7 Nui te wai, e kore te aroha e taea te tinei,
e kore anō e ngaro i ngā awa.
Ahakoa i hoatu e te tangata
ngā rawa katoa o tōna whare mō te aroha,
ka whakahāweatia rawatia.
Ngā Hoa
8 He teina nohinohi tō mātou,
kāhore hoki ōna ū.
Me pēhea mātou ki tō mātou teina
i te rā e kōrerotia ai ia?
9 Ki te mea he taiepa ia,
ka hangā e tātou he pourewa ki runga ki a ia, he mea hiriwa.
Ki te mea he tatau ia,
ka whakakōpakina ia e tātou ki ngā papa hīta.
Te Wahine
10 He taiepa ahau,
ko ōku ū, ānō ko ōna pourewa;
nō reira, ki tāna titiro mai,
i rite ahau ki tētahi kua kite i te āta noho.
Te Tāne
11 He māra wāina tā Horomona i Paara-Hamono,
tukua atu ana e ia te māra ki ngā kaitiaki;
kotahi mano ngā hiriwa hei kawenga mai mā tēnei,
mā tēnei hei utu mō ōna hua.
12 Ko tāku māra, ko tāku ake, kei tōku aroaro;
māu, e Horomona, te kotahi mano,
ā, mā ngā kaitiaki o ōna hua e rua rau.
13 E koe e noho nei i ngā kāri,
e whakarongo ana ngā hoa ki tōu reo;
meinga kia rongo ahau.
Te Wahine
14 Kia hohoro, e tāku e aroha nei,
kia rite koe ki te anaterope,
ki te kūao hāta rānei
i runga i ngā maunga kīnaki kakara!