Ko te tangata he maamaa ehara i te rangatira, kaore hoki i te nanakia, engari i whaaia he kotiro ki te whakaaro. I konei he tino pai ia, he pai te rahi o te tane, engari ka horomia e ia tae noa ki ana poi. Ahakoa te kaha o tana hoa ki te ngana, kaore ia i kowaowao. He kotiro ataahua tera.
Ko wai tona ingoa? Kei te ahi tana kaihe
Kei te koa ahau mo ia, e te tangata.
Me pehea koe e kiriata ai?
Kare te taitama ra i poauau: ki te kite koe i tetahi wahine i roto i te whare kaukau, mauria, na te ture. He ma!
He wahine hiroki, engari he tino pukumahi, ki taku whakaaro ka kaha ke atu i nga mea katoa, ahakoa mo te whanaunga tata!
Kei te pirangi ahau ki te moe i a ia
Inaianei kua mohio tenei kotiro he aha te tikanga.
He kino rawa karekau he tokorua.
Ko nga ataata e pa ana
Kei te tatari ia mo au