Waiata a Horomona 3

Te Moemoeā o te Aroha

Te Wahine

1 I te pō, i runga i tōku moenga,

i rapua e ahau tā tōku wairua i aroha ai;

i rapua e ahau, heoi kīhai i kitea.

2 Ka mea ahau, "Ka whakatika ahau āianei, ka kōpikopiko i roto i te pā,

i ngā huarahi, i ngā waharoa,

ka rapu i tā tōku wairua i aroha ai."

Rapua ana ia e ahau, heoi kīhai i kitea.

3 I tūtaki ki ahau ngā kaitiaki

e kōpikopiko nei i roto i te pā.

"Anō rā ko ahau ki a rātou,

i kite rānei koutou i tā tōku wairua e aroha nei?"

4 Pahemo kau atu rātou,

kua tūtaki ahau ki tā tōku wairua e aroha nei.

Kei te pupuri ahau i a ia, kīhai hoki ia i tukua atu e ahau,

ā kawea noatia atu ia e ahau ki te whare o tōku whaea,

ki te rūma o te wahine i whānau ai ahau.

5 He kī tēnei nāku ki a koutou, e ngā tamāhine o Hiruhārama,

i te aroaro o ngā anaterope, o ngā hāta o te pārae:

kaua e whakaoho, kaua e whakaara i tāku e aroha nei,

kia pai rā anō ia.

Te Whakatata mai o te Tāne me ōna Hoa

Ngā Hoa

6 Ko wai tēnei e whakaputa mai nei i te koraha,

ānō ko ngā pou paowa,

kakara tonu i te maira, i te parakihe,

i ngā puehu katoa a te kaihoko?

7 Nanā, ko te amo o Horomona;

e toru tekau ngā tāngata mārohirohi i tētahi taha,

i tētahi taha, nō ngā mārohirohi o Īharaira.

8 He hunga mau hoari rātou katoa,

he mea whakaako ki te whawhai;

kei tōna hūwhā anō te hoari a tēnei, a tēnei,

i te wehi hoki i te pō.

9 I hangā e Kīngi Horomona he amo mōna,

nō Repanōna te rākau.

10 Ko ōna pou i hangā e ia ki te hiriwa,

he kōura a raro, he pāpura tōna nohoanga,

he mea whāriki a waenganui ki te aroha,

nō ngā tamāhine o Hiruhārama.

11 Haere, e ngā tamāhine o Hiona,

ka mātakitaki i a Kīngi Horomona,

me te karauna anō i karaunatia ai ia e tōna whaea

i te rā o tōna mārenatanga,

i te rā hoki i koa ai tōna ngākau.