Title: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands : Notebook 2

Author: John Joseph Knight Hutchin

Editor: Percy Hall

In: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

Part of: Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies

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[Note added by Bob O'Brien as transcriber:] Kapiki Ia Taku Ariki Te Tangata...

= Kapiki ia taku ariki te tangata tini i varenga ki te tamaka e, e teita ua ia no raro nei, kapiki nui koe ki te vaine tini i varenga ki te puoro e.
= Ko au te vaine rai ati ki te enua nei, ko taku poe i rame i [unclear: konue] uri atu na ki tai ao teia mai ko te tungane kare rurunga manako ki te vai nga tai, ka ngangaa takiri taku vairanga manako e.
= E aa to ui manako mai kia aku e taku tane, ko tai tuatua i rari te [unclear: vu² ] nei taua i tena, te kare nei taku oro tu e ruete ki to are e.
= Oro mai e te tungane noo ake i te enua, akarongo ia te [unclear: nei³ ] kapiki tangi reka ki Betela e, e tu ai matau [unclear: kae] taku ka rutu ki te area tai o teia ao, kare e rauka i te roromi, aue te [unclear: memae] e.
= Paii avai au ra iaku vai mata, eva ua io nei ki raro i te tumu o te ara i Ina ma, e matara anga tei a ie taua e mii te inangaro te aki nga i te enua i te tungane ka tuku te rima ki te mau mata e.