i tūtaki ano ahau ki te rangi
                                          i tēnei rā.
ko ēnei wāna e whakahua ana i ahau.
i roto i he kanikani hanga noa me horomata,
titiro māhoi tonu ngā mata        ki mua
ngā tautiaki kīngi ō rātou upoko,
me i roto i tō rātou korōria whai muri
                                                           e toru ngā pīpī
ngā kape mōkitokito.
he whārite tino tika. 

ka whakanuia e ōku tairongo
i roto i te hītaratara.
ka kōre
            te whakaaro. 
ēnei wāna 
mutu i ahau.          

I encountered heaven again 
                                          today.
these swan transubstantiate me.

in effortless impeccable glissade, 
eyes fixated straightly      ahead
their heads are royal guardsmen,   
& in their trailing majesty
                                             three cygnet,
miniscule facsimiles.
a perfect equation.

my senses exalt
in horripilation.
thought becomes
                        nonentity.

these swan 
cease me.