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.