Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands
E Tapatapa Teia Tangiia Ariki Te Tama a Koropanga
E Tapatapa Teia Tangiia Ariki Te Tama a Koropanga
Tera te mea i taiku ia, no te mea e rua Tangiia tangiia ariki tetai ko Tangiia nui tetai. E tapatapa no Tangiia ariki. Tera taua tuatua ra &
Ka tika, e ka tika. Kare aku [unclear: tutui], kare aku Paue, kare aku Revaitau. E tua taku? E enua ko Tahiti e maunga ki uta ko Tikura [unclear: marumaru], ko Aroana Tuna, e ko utu ki tai ko Punaruku, ko [unclear: peketaua] tai auau o atutira, e ariki o atutira, ko Koroakaata, ka noo i te vaine Iaturuavatea, anau tona ariki ko Teatu tu kika, ko Teatu tukika ka noo i te vaine ia Punaeva, anau tona ariki, ko Tukiekie, ko Tukiekie ka noo i te vaine ia Koromatautua. Anau tona ariki Koromatauaro, ko Koromatauaro, ka noo i te vaine ea Angaimua anau tona ariki, ko Koropanga ki aua, ko Koropanga ki aua, ka noo i te vaine ea Korotoakaui, anau tona ariki, ko Korotaakau, ko Korotoakatau ka noo i te vaine ia Teputangiariki, anau tona ariki ko Tangiia ariki, ariki atu ki te koutu tana pu tana [unclear: pau] ko te rau kava, ko te akaariki aru mai i te tua e maeva, &