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Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori

No. 12. — He Tangi

page xcvii

No. 12.
He Tangi.

Taku mokopuna e
Ka whano ka wareware koe i a au e-i,
Kaore ana ra koe awhe mai ana ki te hau ka-inga
Ka riro pea koe,
Ki te kiki me te apiapi
E tomo e tama
Ki Hui-te-rangi-ora nga whare uru ora
Waiho ano au
I roto Mote-mate,
I runga Rangi-totohu
I runga Rangi-kekero
Nga waka o Uru raua ko Ngangana-i,
Taku tamaiti e
Ko Manaia a Kahukakanui
A Manaia,
Ko te tama i tohia ki te tohi Raukena,
Taka mai roto i Ngati-Rongotea,
Tona parekura ko Kirikiriwawa
Ko te Ra-torua,
A rewa ki runga ra ko te rakau a Manaia
Ko Kihia, ko Rakea, he Ururangi, he Tamatamata-rangi,
Tikina whakataka te tini o Tangaroa
Tona pae ko Nuku-tama-roa,
Kauraka taku manu
E whakahouhoua he pani he pirere,
No Wharawharanui
‘Hai koe i a waiho,
I roto Kapuni i te tere matoru kei o matua
Hara koe tama,
I te ingoa tangata me te awhi rakau
Na Tutariatoro, Te Ngatata-o-te-rangi,

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Na Te Rangimahoahoa-i,
A rewa ki runga ra ko te aitanga a Ihi,
‘Hai koe i whangaia
Ki te manga tawhiti,
Naku koe i whangai,
Ki te aitanga a Tarionge,
I te kai whakaoto e piri i te toka
I te aitanga a Rangahore,
Tenei o matau
Hei mihinga maku,
Tenei o reke,
Maku e ruru ki te putea takoto uta ka tohu ki te whare,
Taria e tuku iho
Ki' tauaro mai nga tokorua a Taingarue,
Nana i whakarewa
Te manu i te ngahere, te ika i te moana;
Nana i ho mai
Te ti, te whai, te tokoraurape, te rapatahuri
I matau ai koe e tama
Ki te tupua-i,
Waiho 'no e koe ka tu 'no au ki te tahataha-i,
He marama tukutuku ka kopa ki te whare-i.