Wai aroha

Maringi noa ngā roimata

Kahu ai te pōuri

Pokepokea mai te māramatanga

O ngā whetū

Wai ka ripo,

wai ka huri te rau aruhe

Aue, pupū – hihī

Mirimiri te rau aruhe

[E] tanuku i ngā waipuke

Wai aroha rere tōtika

Rere tika ki te moana

Waiho ngā pikotanga

Kia aio te rere, te rere

Kaua e papaki kino e wai

I ngā pari e tāwharau nei

Te aruhe taku rau taonga.

Wai-aroha,

wai-marino.

Hikina te pō;

haruru te ao, haruru te wai

I nga kōawa o aku mahara

Pōraruraru noa

Wai ka ripo,

wai ka huri te rau aruhe

Aue, pupū – hihī

Mirimiri te rau aruhe

(E) tanuku i ngā waipuke

Wai aroha rere tōtika

Rere tika ki te moana

Waiho ngā pikotanga

Kia aio te rere, te rere

Kaua e papaki kino e wai

I ngā pari e tāwharau nei.

Te aruhe taku rau taonga

Wai-aroha,

wai-marino