Takoto ana au
Ki te mo-enga uriuri.
Tu ake au
Titiro ki te atarau.

Kei runga ra,
Te marama e whiti ana
Kei ra Rona
Kei roto ra.

Piri ki te taha,
Piri ki te ngai-o.

Aue, au...e, Rona e
Au - e ra, 'ta - hi!

  I'm lying
on my bed in the dark
and after a while get up
to look at the moonlight.

It's up there, far away,
the risen moon,
and there's Rona
in the middle of it

holding the calabash,
holding the ngaio tree.

How sad for Rona!
Alas, away up there all alone!!

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