He wā wera, he wā hurihuri te raumati. E ai ki te katoa, he rite te raumati ki te mata o te pēpi, ā, ka huri. Ina harikoa, e whiti ana te rā. Ina pouri, ka huna te rā i roto i ngā kapua, ka tangi puku. I te riri, ka puta ngā kapua pōuri, te uira me te whatitiri, ā, e ua nui ana. He kino te raumati!

Kua tae mai te raumati, ā, he tino ataahua te roto i Linghu!
I kite ahau i ngā putiputi rōti ataahua e puāwai ana i roto i te roto. He whero, he māwhero, he whero pērā i te ahi, he māwhero pērā i te kohu. Ko ētahi he haurua tuwhera, ko ētahi he tino tuwhera, ko ētahi he wheua putiputi. He porowhita, he kakariki ngā rau rōti. Ko ētahi e keria ana i te teitei i waho o te wai, pērā i te maru nui; ko ētahi e mānu ana i raro i runga i te wai, pērā i te poti rau rōti kakariki. He tino "tawhiti, tata, teitei, iti".
I te raumati, ka kukume mai te roto i ngā kararehe ririki katoa. I kite ahau i ngā pūrerehua e rere ana i runga i te roto, me te mea kei te kanikani ataahua rātou; i tae mai hoki ngā manu, e tangi ana i runga i te rōhi, me te mea nei: "E te Tuahine Rōhi, tēnā koe! Kia ora!" I rere te pepeke iti ki runga, ka takaro ki te puku o te pua rōhi. Ko te tino "he koi ngā haona o te rōhi iti, ā, kua tū kē te pepeke i runga i tōna māhunga." Ka kaukau harikoa, me te mea nei, "He rawe te raumati!"

He pō raumati, he rangi mārama kī tonu i ngā whetū. He pai tonu ki ahau te titiro ki te rangi whetu ataahua.
Titiro mai, e tiaho ana ngā whetū tini me he kohatu utu nui, ā, ko te rangi whānui he rite ki te mata nui. I ētahi wā, he rite ngā whetū ririki ki ngā kohatu utu nui kua wharikitia ki te mata kikorangi, e pīataata ana me te mārama ngoikore; i ētahi wā, he rite ki ngā kanohi ririki e kimo ana, e rapu ana i tētahi mea i runga i te whenua.

He ao tūwhera te rangi whetu i te pō raumati, e kore rātou e kōrero mai i ō rātou tohu, ō rātou whakaaro, ō rātou āhua, ā, e kore rātou e tuku i a koe kia kite mārama i ō rātou āhua, ka hangaia e rātou he wāhi pohewa māu, waiho māu e whakaaro, e waihanga, e hanga hoki!