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The Troubled Sleep
A Karakia

Piki mai! Kake mai!
Homai te waiora ki au,
E tutuhi ana koa
Te moe a te kuia i te po
E papaki tu ana te tangi
A te tai ki te Reinga.
Ka ao! Ka ao!
Ka awatea.—

[Translation]

Come hither! Draw nigh!
Ah! give to me of the waters of life
For troubled has been the sleep
Of the aged at night.
The resistless tide of misfortune
Sweeps on to oblivion
But now! It is dawn! It is dawn!
It is day—