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KO TE WAIATA, A REREWHAKAOMAKI.

Nei ka noho me he ahi au,
E tahuna,
Whitawhita rawa ake, kaore,
I taku ringa
Mai, me pare ake te ahi,
Ka takohu,
Na runga ana mai, te utu,
Ki Piwhara;
Me he tane au, e whai
Muri haere
Nga hapainga toki-i-o
Oku tungane;
A tu rohia taku
Nei haere,
Nga nohoanga atu, o te
Remutu i runga,
A koe, e “Ke, kia
Whatia mai,
Na te kore na, he ringa
I whakatoro,
Kei hau aku rongo, te puke
Riri taua.
Kaiwaka, i runga, ki
Te hoko a ’Tikura,
Nui te whakama, ki
Taku moenga, i a.