Kaore koe e pai, he pai ki ahau; ki te kore au e pai, kaore koe e kino ki a koe. "Ko maua ko Chunfeng nga manuhiri e haere ana, a ka haria atu e koe te wai ngahuru ki nga tupuni." Ahakoa he aha taau e korero ai, kaore i te tere i to ingoa. He pai ki ahau koe, ehara i te mea na te hiahia wuruhi anake, engari kaore ano hoki kia rereke. "Kei te pirangi au ki te tono nama mai i a koe, me tou mahana me to aroha."

Cheerless in this day,the light under frowning clouds is like a punished child with traces of tears on its pale cheeks, and the cry of the wind is like the cry of a wounded world.
Thou hast led me through my crowded travels of the day to my evening's loneliness.I wait for its meaning through the stillness of the night.
I have suffered and despaired and known death and I am glad that I am in this great world.

(All from Stray Birds)

I muri iho, e rave rahi mahana tapo'ipo'i, aita râ vau e hinaaro i te ûa ia ite faahou ia oe.
Te mea nehenehe roa a'e, e ere ïa i te mahana ûa, tei ia outou ra ïa te aperaa i te mau faraoa ûa.
Ia ata ana'e outou, e marû mai te patiri e e mea mamu noa te ûa. Mai te huru ra e, te ora ra te ûa i te anavai. E mea au a'e na'u ia ua i te mau mahana atoa, ma te mana'o e, aita oe i haere mai no te mea ua te ûa. Te ma