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Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

E akatara teia no te Tamaine a Rupe

[Note added by Bob O'Brien as transcriber:] E akatara teia no te Tamaine a Rupe

E akatara teia no te Tamaine a Rupe koia a Tepaeru ariki ko tei riro ki te pai. Tera taua aka tara ra.

Tena te kimi, ka kimi aua na ra e toro e te kimi ia veia raua ko Apetini, i to raua tuaine kua riro ki te pai a Te uira ma aa i e kave e te Metua ki te oko auri kua rauka te tia, Omai ki te enua, kia ei ake nga ariki, me ko ai kora te kite e. Tena a Tiaori i te taki i te kava, i te ere i te puaka, i te titiri i te akari, kua matakutaku Takitumu, ma te Auotonga, ko Puaikura te vaka ko te vaka i pui ia ki te rakau kava, te rere nei a te Puretu ma Kamoe, ki runga ki Mokoero, ki te ta ia Teve raua ko Teaori, kua oro na te ara. kua tapu arumaki, kua topa ki Titama, kua okioki au ki te pokipoki aere, ki te akamae au, ki te vavao taua, kua topa ki Turangi. I karanga mai oi a Tauariki. E tama e, ka akapua ua ake nei, omai te auri, kua tae taku riri, kua eke i te rangi, kua otaota ua akenei taku riri i te kai a Makea, kua inga veretini raua ko Taparau, kua ao i te kainga, kare i ora i ano e poreki? ki te ara nui ei kunei ra koe e ka ano au ra.