Title: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands : Notebook 7

Author: 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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Song about a Girl

E pee teia no te Tamaine a Taivaiva. Tera te tuatua ikuna kiaia auraka aia e moe ko te riro aea te are apinga i te vaa. Kua poroki nga metua auraka aia e moe i uinga i te ngai paru, ko te varea ea aia e te moe. Kua aere te metua tane ki taatai, kua aere te metua vaine ki te maunga ki te mea kai. Kua noo taua tamaine ra kare e roa kua varea ia e te moe: kua aere ki runga i te ngai maru koia a moe ngaoro.

Tera tei poroki e moe i runga i te turuki auroka e moe ki roto ia Moengaro. Tera taua pee ra.

1 Ka uaki¹⁰⁶ ei to te Metua kakau ka noo io e, Taivaiva ure aue taku metua ko koe ko mei anake noo io e.
2 Ra ko ua uaki te au tua e, e topa ki te au aro ko te metua e ko tei karanga ki tua e, toku metua Taivaiva te vunga¹⁰⁷ a te tama noo io e.
Ariki au e, Taivaiva uruere taku metua ko koe mei anake noo io e.