Kai pahua i ahau
I roa au i nga kaipuke rino
Tahi au ka katohia ake
mai te poka torere
Kia rewa ake taku ringa
nā te ringa kaha rawa e
Kia mau ngā uri ki te kawau māro
ka puta ora e

Tēnā māranga mai
He wai Apakura

Me wetekina ngā here haukino
Mau ano koe e whakahauora ake
Kaua e pau i te mura ahi
Kore he rite ki a Maui-tū-te-rā
Me he parekura matakite
Kia matahuna matangāro kau e
Me heketia ngā whakawhiu kino
E tutuki ai te kupunui e

Tēnā māranga mai
He wai Apakura
kua toi mai nei ki ahau
....he wai Apakura
He wai Apakura