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Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

Tera Tetai Keu Tarekareka No Te Kari Ei

Tera Tetai Keu Tarekareka No Te Kari Ei

Tera taua peui? Ta rekareka ra, e ai.

Tera te ai, Ko kavekaveka.

Tera te tarotaro. Kavekaveka e tukua, kavekaveka tukua, kare au e tuku i to taua ariki, e ariki tapu no Atitaria e, pua &

Tera tetai no te tatara anga i te ai kia matara. Tera tei reira Tapatapa ia tapatapa ia te aoa nui i Tuoro, e matara tuku ai, e matara taku ai.

Tera tetai ai, Potutunga, Potutunga tangi varovaro te ike e, naku te tane, naku te vaine.

E peu akarere, e te tau maro, kia riro te re ki tetai pae. Kua ura tetai pae, kua tupu te taumaro, kua ta e reira kua kuku mi?, no te mea kua re i tetai pae, kua maeva te pae i autu, no te mea kua re.

Aue te tu kite kore o te Etene, e te kamakura e, Ngaraverave a te Diabolo i tonu ravenga pikikaa, i te akana uru anga i te tangata kia mate, aue te aroa e te tangi e. &