E tāku tama, ki te tango koe i āku kupu,
ki te huna i āku whakahau ki roto ki a koe,
ā, ka tahuri tōu taringa ki te whakaaro nui,
ka anga anō tōu ngākau ki te mātauranga;
āe rā, ki te mea ka kārangarangatia e koe te mātauranga,
ā, ka puaki tōu reo ki te ngākau mōhio;
ki te rapua hoki ia e koe ānō he hiriwa,
ki te kimihia ānō he taonga huna –
ko reira koe mātau ai ki te wehi o Ihowā,
kite ai i te mōhio ki te Atua.
