Kai roto i tēnei waiata a Te Matua Tangata e kī ana, he mātauranga ake te ruru rāua ko te heihei i te tangata. E taea ana e te ruru rāua ko te heihei te wehewehe i ngā hāora o te pō, i te mea ko te pō te wā rērere o te ruru, ko te pō te wā e tangi ai tōna reo. He mea hanga te ruru mō te pō. Ko tā te heihei he nehu atu i te pō, he whakaō, he karanga i te awatea ki te ao. Kua eke mai te tuarā nui o awatea, kua oho te ao, kua hoki te ruru ki tōna puta, kua ketuketu ko te heihei. Ka pō, kua hoki ko te heihei ki tōna taumatua, kua oho ko te ruru.