Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori
HE WAIATA AROHA.†
HE WAIATA AROHA.†
E pari, e te tai, whakaki ki te awa,
Nei au, ka tu, ko te hoe, ki te ringa:
Ma te muri raro, au, e karawhiu;
Kihai whakarangona, te riri a te kohake.
Me aha ? i a roto, nana, ka whana tonu.
Kei tohu, te makau, ka pau te whakarau,
Te tuku-pototia, aku rangi, ki te noho.
Ekore matea, ko te kianga iho,
“ E ka, ko te ahi, whakamau tonu ake,
“ Nga tomokanga koe, o Tahere i runga;
“ Ko te kainga ra, e noho ai au.”
† Sung by Tewherowhero, at a great meeting of the Waikato tribes, in the presenec of the Governor, when the question of a war with the tribes of Whangaroa was discussed, to indicate that he was averse to the war being entered on; but that, if his tribe did embark in it, he could never desert those whom he loved so much.