“Mō ngā tāwai kei te ngākau o te kaiwaiata”
Oððe, “Wið sangeres ferhþfeondum”
Ha! namunamu nei
Ka wheowheo noa kei
Te māhunga ē ī
Kātahi pōrearea rawa koe
Haere atu e, Pī-owha!
Nā ka peia atu koe!
Kāti ūā whawhewhawhe mai
Waiho atu te hinengaro e
Whakanoa ai te whakaaro nei
Rere noa te hau, kia waiata nei au
Hwæt, sum gnæt
Hwinþ her hlude
Innan heafod
Eala þu stefnsceaþa
Forfar! forswelt!
Her þe ic yte!
Aweorþ her þin anda
Forlæte þisne ferhþ.
Onlies ingeþanc;
Forþflowe fnæst,
Swa ic singan mæg
Image: Leaf from choir-book with initial S in red pen-work on green and blue ground depicting a dragon. Netherland. late 12th century, © V&A Museum. See further here.