Mai i te Moengahau o Tama-te-Kapua, heke iho rā ki Aroha-ā-uta
Ki ngā paringa tai o Tikapa Moana, e tarehua ana ngā Puke ki Hauraki
Mawhiti ana taku haere ki te tai rāwhiti, ki runga o Mahia mai Tawhiti, ki Nukutaurua
Ki ngā wai tuku kiri o Maramahatea e rere ana ki Tawa pata
Whenua tupu o Rongomaiwahine, Ariki Tapairu o tōna iwi
Atītī tonu taku haere ki runga o Heretaunga, Heretaunga hauku nui, Heretaunga ararau
E tau nei ki runga o Omahu, papakāinga ki Ngāi Upokoiri, Ngāti Hinemanu
Tēnei au he mangaina nā ōku tūpuna Ngāti Tamaterā, Rongomaiwahine me Ngāti Kahungunu
E mihi ana ki te whenua, E tangi ana ki te tangata