Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands
No Rarotonga (The young become old)
No Rarotonga (The young become old)
E tuatua na tetai tangata koia Mata. E tuatua nana ki tetai tangata toa koia a Teavaeteputa, te aere ra taua tangata ra,ki Arorangi, kua aravei ki te ara. Te akara ra taua tangata ra ko Mata, kia Teavaeteputa te karanga ra, e aere ra, ko Rauiri ua teia, kua aere a Mata. E tangata toa a Mata i tona ma [unclear: pu] anga, kia tangata metua ra, kua kore toru maroirai, no reira taua tuatua ra, ko Rauiri ua teia kua aere a Mata, no te mea tangata metua kua kore te tu toa kua apikipiki, tona manako auraka kia ora a Teavaeteputa, tera tona manako kia mate rai, tera te aitenga te punua a te Taae kare e mataku tapu mai, ko te akairo ia o te tangata toa. E tuatua teia no te tangata toa e te tangata apiki koia katoa i teia tuatau, ko Mata tetai pae, ko Rauiri tetai pae.