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HE PATERE, NA TAKU.^*

Ka hewa-hewa au, ki te nohoanga nou ne e Hape.
Aha,
Ha,
E kore i a au e karanga ki te tira tuku mai o runga,
I te kore tatata, hei hoko parawai nekoneko;
E kore i a au e karanga, ki te waka hoe mai o Hauraki,
I te kore korirangi, hei hoko parawai pakipaki,
He paki moku,
Kia takawhio te waero, i aku wae;
E ko te po tahi nei kia numia te hoe a Te Hika,
Tu ana ia, ka haere;
I te mangere o te ringa, ki te raraku
Mai ko te ngu kau nei, ka hoki tapu koe na ki to wahine;
Te kai aparua, ko Rangitaiki, ko Te Aotutahanga,
Mau nawenawe i te tau o taku ate, ko Te Kirikaramu
Ka wetea
Mai, ko te tau o Matangiawhiowhio,
Ki a au mau ai;
Te puta
Atu taku reo, i te he o muri, ka tino kore,
Whai tonu atu, i te kainga waewae, ka takoto ki te manga
Koparu, ki Okahu, ka hora
Au, ko Hinerau,
He takawhetanga kau naku ngutu,
Mei whakakikiwitia e aku kanohi, ko Te Rauparaha, mana
au e whiu nga pikitanga Ki Tapirimoko
Hei a Tuku, ka piki tonu
Au, i te tihi ki Maungatautari
Ko Te Rangeatahua, me tuku atu ki te awa ki Poukaroro,
Ka kau au i te taheke ki
Mangaohoi, kia murua iho taku kiri ki te nehu o Para-
kauae, kati ka hoki mai;
Kei waiho noa aku rongo kino, i te ngutu awa ki Hauraki.