Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

Song E amu teia na te vaine angene

Song [Note added by Bob O'Brien as transcriber:] E amu teia na te vaine angene

E amu teia na te vaine angene, no tona tu maro i te rave i te ara: kua potopoto te ao i te utunga i te tauta anga. Tera taua amu nona ra. Taparu²⁵ atu, akareka kia Ngaru takirikiri anga²⁶ ke te mata. E tika rai, o taku ariki te riri maata oou, nui akanga ai e vaio atu kia tauta i te patu, kia ikoke i te taanga e _{koka aere ua}

Tera tetai amu o taua vaine ra.

E patu au i taku patu oko uma ki runga ^etaeta, e Manua, tu ua maira te Manaune, ka kapiki iaku, i taku rave maro e, ra atu ei na taku karanga koai ia tangata okotai i ngere i te ara ko au teia e ape nei ^{tareva ke}, ka inga ravarai ki reira te mano tangata e. Tera tetai amu o taua vaine ra³⁰

Mei te ututua punga e, maru i tai aku pae, te utunga aku e vai nei, tatari au ki te tiki a te akava, te kitenga e tatara iaku i teia tapeka anga: kua anga te riri o Nu ariki i taku rave maro e.³¹