1 Anō rā ko Hopa, i mea ia:

2 "He hāpai pēhea tāu i te kahakore?

He whakaora pēhea tāu i te ringa ngoikore?

3 Ka tae tāu whakatakoto whakaaro mā te whakaarokore,

te nui o tāu whakaatu tikanga!

4 I puaki ki a wai āu kupu?

Nō wai te wairua i puta mai rā i a koe?"

5 "E wiri ana ngā tūpāpaku i raro i te wai,

me ngā mea anō e noho ana i reira.

6 E takoto kau ana te rēinga i tōna aroaro,

kāhore hoki he hīpoki mō te whakangaro.

7 E horahia atu ana e ia te raki ki runga ki te wāhi takoto kau,

whakairihia ana e ia te whenua ki runga ki te kāhore noa iho.

8 E takaia ana e ia ngā wai ki roto ki āna kapua mātotoru;

ā, kāhore te kapua e pakaru i raro i a rātou.

9 E kaiponuhia ana e ia a mua o tōna torōna,

horahia ana e ia tāna kapua ki runga.

10 He mea karapoti nāna ngā wai, rohe rawa,

ā tae noa ki te mutunga mai o te mārama me te pōuri.

11 Wiri ana ngā pou o te rangi,

mīharo ana ki tāna whakatūpehupehu.

12 Ko tōna kaha hei whakakorikori i te moana,

marū ana te whakakake i tōna mātauranga.

13 Nā tōna wairua i whakapaipai ngā rangi;

nā tōna ringa i wero te nākahi tere.

14 Nā, he pito ēnei nō ōna ara;

anō te iti o te wāhi ōna e rangona ana!

Ko te whatitiri ia o tōna kaha, ko wai ka mātau?"