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Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori

HE TANGI, MO TE TOA O TUHOURANGI

HE TANGI, MO TE TOA O TUHOURANGI.

He aha ra ? kei toku ihu, e waitohu noa nei,
Te mutu noa, i te rangi tahi,
He wawara taua pea, tenei, ka tata mai.

Harahara aitu, harahara atai,
He aroha tonu ake, noku, ki te mate;
E whakaingoingo mai ra, i te tuaro pari ki Arataha.

Pupuke mahara e roto i to hinengaro,
Ki o kame, ka waiho noa iho, i te ao;
To whenua kura, ka mahue; ka paea te koko ki Otangi-
moana.

To putea, te ata taka, i runga i to ringaringa;
Me he ua turuki nei, te whekoi ana, i we moana;
Ko koe anake, i tipao haere, i runga i nga maunga.

E to ana, i tona waka, i a te kumukumu:
Ka puta kei waho, kei nga whakaihu ki Maungaroa,
He ripa kawau, kei runga kei te taumata.

Titiro ki Ruawahia, ki Tarawera,
Notemea, i whakakopaia mai, e Taraiti,
Ka mau te hu, ka hoki te waiora ki te ao.

Ko te heke ra, o Maruiwi, toremi ai ki te reinga:
Nau ano, i maka mai, to kupu, ki te muri, ki te tonga;
He ware koia tou ? i te paenga tohora, i te whakawhitianga
i Tumutara.

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He roa te tau, i te tohenga, ka horo te pa, ka riro mai a
Te Rama;
Ehara pea i te potiki tauroto waenga, a Papawharanui,
Nana i horo, te whetu, te marama.
Horabia mai ano, kia takoto i te aio;
Moa i rokiroki.