Pouaka tākai pepa whakairo taiaho, hei waihanga i tētahi mahara waitohu ahurei

I raro i te ngaru o ngā whakapainga kai,

ngā huringa o te hītori o te hoahoa tākai.

Ehara i te mea ko ngā hua anake ka hokona e ngā kaihoko, engari ko ngā takai anō hoki.

Kua whiti kē te pouaka takai i te whānuitanga o ngā āhuatanga mahi,

ā, e kawe ana i te tūranga o te whakatairanga i te waitohu.

Whakairo taiahopouaka tākai, whakawhiwhi hua ki te auahatanga mutunga kore,

ā, ka waihanga i tētahi maharatanga ahurei mō te waitohu.

Ka taea e te pouaka tākai ataahua te miharo i te tangata.

Haunga te āhua teitei, me mōhiotia hoki te waitohu o te pouaka.

I te aroaro o te tini o ngā pouaka kei te mākete,

ehara i te mea ngāwari te kukume mai i ngā kaihoko mātau i te tirohanga tuatahi.

Tewhakairo lasertukanga me te mānukanuka o te makutu whakamiharo

ka tere tonu te hopu a te pouaka takai i ngā kanohi o te tangata,

te whakaoho i te kai i roto i te mea e kore e kitea.

Ehara te pouaka takai i te mea he mōkihi noa iho,

He ara anō hoki tēnei mō te ahurea waitohu.

Pepa whakairo taiahowhakakīia te pouaka ki ngā whakaaro me te wairua,

He whakamōhiotanga tere mō ngā hua ki ngā kaihoko,

Me te whakatutuki angitu hoki i tētahi ahurea waitohu ahurei,

I roto i ngā ngākau o ngā kaihoko he ahua waitohu hohonu.

Te takai i te wā o ngā whakapainga kai

me whakataurite i te taupatupatu i waenga i te hoko me te tiaki taiao.

Ka whakairohia e te hangarau taiaho kore-parahanga ngā pouaka pepa hangarua hei whakaiti i te parahanga mai i te takai.

I taua wā anō ka mau tonu te tūranga pai o te waitohu i roto i ngā ngākau o ngā kaihoko.

Ka miharo ngā kaihoko ki ngā whakaaro o te waitohu,

Nō reira, ka pai ake te rongonui o te waitohu.

Ko te pouaka te ipu o te hua,

Kī tonu hoki i te "ahua, te ahurea me ngā uara".

Whakairo taiahoka pakaru te ariā hoahoa takai tuku iho,

Te whakakotahi i te ataahua o te takai me te āhua arumoni,

Kia aroha te tangata i te kitenga tuatahi,

Waiho he maharatanga ahurei, ataahua hoki mō te waitohu.