Kaore te po nei morikarika noa!
Te ohonga ki te ao, rapu kau noa ahau.
Ko te mana tuatahi ko te Tiriti o Waitangi,
Ko te mana tuarua ko te Kooti Whenua,
Ko te mana tuatoru ko te Mana Motuhake;
Ka Kia i reira ko te Rohe Potae o Tuhoe …
Alas for this unhappy night!
Waking to the world I search about in vain.
The first mana is the Treaty of Waitangi,
The second mana is the Land Court,
The third mana is the Separate Mana;
Hence the Rohe Potae o Tuhoe …