Kaua e karohia, e tapaina hoki he ingoa uaua.
Kāore i te kino rawa atu pērā i a koe.
He āhua rawakore rawa atu koe ina ko koe te tangata whai rawa.
Ka kitea e te kai rapu hapa ngā hapa i roto i te pararaiha.
Arohaina tōu ora, ahakoa tōna rawakore.
Tērā pea he maha ngā hāora ahuareka, whakahihiri, kororia hoki kei a koe, ahakoa i roto i te whare rawakore.
E whakaatahia ana te rā e torengi ana i ngā matapihi o te whare atawhai, he rite tonu te kanapa ki te whakaata mai i te whare o te tangata whai rawa;
Ka rewa te hukarere i mua i tōna tatau i te tīmatanga o te puna.
Kāore au e kite engari ka taea e te hinengaro marino te noho ngākau mārie ki reira,
Ā, kia rite ō koutou whakaaro harikoa ki tō te whare kingi.
Ki taku titiro, ko te hunga rawakore o te tāone te hunga e tino whakawhirinaki ana ki a rātou.
Tērā pea he nui noa atu rātou, ā, ka taea e rātou te whiwhi me te kore e ruarua.
Ko te nuinga e whakaaro ana kāore rātou e tautokona ana e te tāone;
engari he maha ngā wā ka puta kāore rātou e kore e taea te tautoko i a rātou anō mā ngā tikanga tinihanga,
e tika ana kia nui ake te whakarihariha.
Whakatipuhia te rawakore kia rite ki te otaota o te māra.
Kaua e whakararuraru rawa i a koe ki te hoko mea hou, ahakoa he kākahu, he hoa rānei.
Tahurihia te mea tawhito, whakahokia atu ki a rātou.
Kāore ngā mea e rerekē; ka rerekē tātou.
Hokona ō kākahu, puritia ō whakaaro.
Te parakore, te kanapa, te ataahua,
Nāna i whakaoho ō mātou ngākau i te taitamarikitanga,
Ngā hihiri ki te inoi kore kupu,
Ngā moemoeā o te aroha me te pono;
Ko te hiahia nui mō te ngaro o tetahi mea,
Te tangi a te wairua e hiahia ana,
Te whai i ngā tumanako pai ake
E kore rawa ēnei mea e mate.
I totoro atu te ringa mataku ki te āwhina
He teina i roto i tōna hiahia,
He kupu atawhai i te wā pōuri o te pouri
He hoa pono tēnā;
I mārie te manawa o te inoi mō te aroha,
Ina tata mai te whakararuraru o te tika,
Te pouri o te ngākau pōuri
E kore ēnei mea e mate ake ake.
Kaua tetahi mea e pā atu mō ia ringa
Me kimi he mahi hei mahi;
Kaua e ngaro te whai wāhi ki te whakaara i te aroha
Kia u, kia tika, kia pono;
Waihoki he mārama e kore e memeha
Whiti mai ki runga i a koe.
Ā, e mea ana ngā reo anahera ki a koe
E kore ēnei mea e mate ake ake.
Wā tuku: Hakihea-14-2021
