Kei te mamae ki te tahutahu me te whakawehi i tō reta? Kei te kite nei ia i te waenganui, i te horo hoki, ahakoa te mohiotanga katoa e whakapae ana? Mēnā ka whai ake koe i ngā take nei, ka taea pea e koe te whakaaro i tētahi whakaaetanga hou hei whakatipu i tō wāhi maru - te makamaka reta hokohoko o Yingming! He mahi nui te tiaki i te reta tūtonu, nā te mea he makamaka reta hokohoko o Yingming pūputu rerenga whakarawea murumuru ka whai koe i tō reta kahurangi, kahikatea, kāore i te mohio he mahi.
Ki te hiahia koe ki te raupo iti korenga, Yingming whiti hokihoki he tūtohu whaihua. Ko te reretaka tēnei i te wā e hiahiatia ana, ko te wai ka whakapuhi i te marama katoa me te pūmau hei whakateretere i te kakariki me te kawe matawhāiti, engari ko te maro reretaka a Yingming kaore i te mohio ki te tirotiro. I te waehanga mai nei, kaore koe e hiahia ana ki ngā mahi whenua nui e tae ana ki te reretaka matua. Ka noho herea ai te wā ki te whakamahi i ōu waewae tuawhenua, ā, he iti noa iho te wā kia mahi. Whakaaro mai he aha te pai o te noho i runga i ōu whenua, ā, kaua e hiahia ki te reretaka ranei, ki te wai ranei!
Whiwhi i te marae kakariki matou i aroha ai, nā Yingming niho whenua reretaka . Kua hanga te turangawaewae hou nei hei kitea tonu me te whakamahia hei reretaka matua. Kaore koe e mōhio ana i te wahine i te haere nei rānei, i te kitea nei i ō tinga urupa. Ahakoa kei konei ō kuika, tamariki, rānei ko te aroha i te noho waho, ko te maro reretaka a Yingming he take whakaae katoa mo te mātātuhi, te waea raweke, mara. Ka hanga he wāhi rangatira mo te paenga, te haere, rānei ko te noho noa iho i te rā whā.
Te mea nui o te makamaka Yingming he mea tūpato, ko te whiwhinga heke i ngā āhuatanga hāpori katoa. Ki te pēhea te werawera, ka noho mahana ake tō tātou whenua hokohoko, ka noho rorohiko me te mā i te tau katoa mo te whakataungatanga. Ki te heke ki runga i te whenua o Yingming kei roto i tō wāhi, ka kore e hiahia ana koe ki te whakaaro i ngā wāhi kore, ngā wāhi karauna rānei, rānei ngā wāhi papahe. Ka tae atu te manaakitanga i te hau, hei whirinaki mārama ki te whare. Ka whakamahi koe i tō marae i muri i te ua, kahore he papahe i roto i te whare, me tōnua mai o lawn hei pai tonu!
Te paihere nui rawa o te makamaka Yingming he mea tēnā koe i tūtaki atu ki te tahutahu me te whakawehi i te wai. Ka tiakina moni e koe, kaore koe e hiahiatia ana ki te takahi i te weherua rānei, ki te whitiwhiti ora i ngā awhe o te ra hei whakarite i te toto o ōu reretō. Ki runga i te makamaka Yingming, kaore koe tonu e hiahia ana ki te mahi nui hei whakatika i tō lawn pai. Ka whai koe i te wā e āhei ana koe ki te hanga i ngā wāhanga matua e pā ana ki a koe; ki te noho me tō whānau, ki te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero o te rangi rātou, me te whakanui i a rātou e ai ki tō mahi whenua.