[1] Eaha to rau ariki

ki te mahua i uta nei!

[2] He tupu, tomo

a Mata Mea i

ragi rau, he tuatea

to rau ariki

ki te mahua i uta nei

[3] Anirato maniroto

ka rata te tuatea,

ka rata te ragiragi,

ka rata te tupuna

[4] Eaha to rau ariki

ki te mahua i uta nei?

[5] E ura, e poopoo, e koiro

e nohu to rau ariki

ki te mahua i uta nei

[6] Anirato maniroto

ka rata te ura ki

kai ra te poopoo, e

nehe, e riku e

kavakava atua

[7] Eaha to rau ariki

ki te mahua i uta nei!

[8] E nehe, e riku, e

kava atua to rau

ariki ki te mahua

i uta nei.

[9] Anirato-maniroto

ka rata te nehe,

ka rata riku, ka

rata raina kava atua

[10]Eaha to rau ariki

ki te mahua i uta nei?

[11] He hahao nei a kahi,

e atu, e ature

[12] Anirato maniroto

ka rata te kahi,

ka rata atu, ka

rata te ature anirato

[13] Eaha to rau ariki

ki te mahua i uta nei?

[14] E uhi, e taro, e kuma-

ra to rau ariki

i uta nei

[15] Anirato ka rata te uhi,

kumara, toa e mahua

i uta nei ana i

roto maru

[16] Eaha to rau ariki

ki te mahua i uta nei?

[17] E honu, e kео, e pane

te to rau an(a) ariki

ki te mahua i uta nei

[18] Anirato ka rata

te honu, te keo, te pane

[19] Eaha to rau ariki

ki te mahua i uta nei?

[20] E hetu, e ragi, e hana-

na, raa, he mahina

to raua ariki ki te

mahua i ruga nei

[21] Anirato ka rata

te ragi, e hanana,

e raa, e mahina

[22] Eaha to rau ariki

ki te mahua i uta nei?

[23] Ea ruga nei ka

rata te hehu ragi,

hanana, raa, mahina

[24] Anirato ka rata

te hehu ragi, hanana,

raa, mahina

[25] Eaha to rau ariki

ki te matua i uta nei?

[26] E ariki, e tapairu

to rau ariki ki te

mahua i uta nei

[27] Anirato ka rata

te ariki te tapairu

[28] Eaha to rau ariki

ki te mahua i uta nei?

[29] E oioi, e potupotu,

e garara, e hata

to ran(a) ariki ki

te mahua i uta nei

[30] Anirato ka rata

maniroto e oioi,

e potupotu, e garara,

e hata to ran(a)

ki te mahua i uta nei.