Ko te inoi a tetahi whaea ki te Ariki mo ana tamariki
E te Ariki, e Ihu, whakaakona ki ahau kia mohio, ki te whakaae,
kia akina te reo o aku tamariki.
Arataki i aku tohu, whakahihuri i aku kupu
no te mea kahore tetahi mea e arai ana i ahau
i te whai i te ara i kiia ai koe e ratou.
Kia whai whakaaro ki o raatau hiahia,
whakaute mo o ratou kare,
he kaha ki te tautoko ia ratau i nga wa o te awangawanga
whakamātautau ranei.
Homai ki ahau te maia o te aroha kore
rite ki te patunga tapu,
Na to whaea whaea ko Maria
Ahau ia ra
mo te whakamarie, te awhina, me te tauira
i tenei ara.
Amine.
E te Ariki, e te tangata o te manawanui,
whakaakona ahau ki te tiro haere noa
te raru e kaha haere ana, ka tutuki nga tatau,
nga takaro marara.
E te Ariki, e te hunga reka;
whakaakona ahau ki te pupuri i toku ringa;
hei whakaiti i aku hiahia,
ki te turaki i taku hiahia kia amuamu.
E te Ariki, e te hunga ngawari,
whakaakona ahau ki te whakamarie
ahakoa he roa te wa ka roa i ahau.
whakaipoipo, ahakoa ana au ki te ohorere.
E te Ariki, e koe e kore nei e taea te pau,
whakaakona ahau ki te aroha kia rite ki a koe.