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Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

Tera tetai pee no tetai vaine

[Note added by Bob O'Brien as transcriber:] Tera tetai pee no tetai vaine

Tera tetai pee no tetai vaine, tera te ingoa i taua vaine ra, ko Tekuraiparekiiva. Tera te tumu i te ara ko te vareae a te Tane ki te vaine. Tera te ingoa o te tane ko Temarikiupoko, kua ta aia i taua vaine, ra, kua mate takiri, kua tau te metua i te pee, no te tamaine. Tera taua pee ra.

1 Taku aerenga i te Avatea, tuku ngara e, ke taku taku aroa e.
= Ariki rue re, Tekuraiparekiiva te vaine i angi ora ki tona tane taku aroa e.
2 I aere i aere ra koe i te Avatea e, taku noo ranga kainga e, ki te tuaroa e taku aroa e.
= Ariki rue re, Tekuraiparekiiva te vaine, i angi ora ki tona tane taku aroa e.
3 Ko mai karo atu au ki oou mata t toku tane, tara mai taku ara, e ara tane taku aroa e.
= Ariki rue re, Tekuraiparekiiva te vaine, i angi ora ki tona tane taku aroa e.
4 Ko papa mai ei te karanga e, te karanga koia a tona metua e, auraka ei ara kua vuvu? korero e, te vaine koia ki tona tane e, taku aroa e
= Ariki rue re, Tekuraiparekiiva te vaine i angi ora ki tona tane taku aroa e.