1 Ko te waiata o ngā waiata, ko tā Horomona.

Te Wahine

2 Kia kihia ahau e ia ki ngā kihi a tōna māngai!

He pai atu hoki tōu aroha i te wāina.

3 He kakara pai tō ōu hinu;

ko tōu ingoa ānō he hinu kua oti te riringi;

nā reira i aroha ai ngā wāhina ki a koe.

4 Kūmea ahau; ka rere atu mātou, ka whai i a koe;

kua oti ahau te kawe e te kīngi ki ōna rūma.

Ngā Hoa

Ka koa mātou, ka hari ki a koe;

engari tōu aroha i te wāina hei maharatanga atu mā mātou.

E tika ana tō rātou aroha ki a koe!

Te Wahine

5 He mangu ahau, otiia he ātaahua anō,

e ngā tamāhine o Hiruhārama,

rite tonu anō ki ngā tēneti o Kerara,

ki ngā kākahu tauārai o Horomona.

6 Kaua e titiro mai ki ahau, nō te mea he parauri ahau,

nō te mea kua tahuna ahau e te rā.

I riri ngā tama a tōku whaea ki ahau,

meinga ana ahau e rātou hei kaitiaki mō ngā māra wāina;

ko tāku māra ia, ko tāku ake, kīhai i tiakina e ahau.

7 Whakaaturia mai ki ahau, e tā tōku wairua e aroha nei,

ko hea koe whāngai ai,

ko hea koe mea ai i tāu kāhui kia takoto i te poutūmārōtanga.

Kia rite ahau hei aha ki te māhunga taupoki

i te taha o ngā kāhui a ōu hoa?

Ngā Hoa

8 Ki te kore koe e mōhio,

e te mea ātaahua rawa o ngā wāhine,

haere atu i runga i ngā takahanga o ngā hipi,

ka whāngai i āu kūao koati

i te taha o ngā nohoanga o ngā hēpara.

Te Tāne

9 Kua whakaritea koe e ahau, e tāku e aroha nei,

ki tētahi o ngā hōiho o ngā hāriata o Parao.

10 He ātaahua ōu pāpāringa i ngā whiri o ngā makawe,

tōu kakī i ngā tautau o ngā mea whakapaipai.

11 Ka hangā e mātou ētahi mekameka kōura mōu,

he mea tia ki te hiriwa.

Te Wahine

12 I te kīngi e noho ana i tōna tēpu,

ka puta te kakara o tōku nara.

13 Ko te rite ki ahau o tāku e aroha nei kei te paihere maira,

e takoto nei i waenganui i ōku ū.

14 He tautau hena ki ahau tāku e aroha nei,

i ngā māra wāina o Enekeri.

Te Tāne

15 Nanā, he ātaahua koe, e tāku e aroha nei;

nanā, he purotu koe;

ko ōu kanohi kei te kūkupa.

Te Wahine

16 Nanā, he ātaahua koe, e tāku kaingākau,

āe rā, he āhuareka.

Matomato tonu anō hoki tō tāua moenga;

17 he hīta ngā kurupae o tō tāua whare,

he kauri ngā heke.