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Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

Uaka Au Ra Ki Ruatonga

[Note added by Bob O'Brien as transcriber:] Uaka Au Ra Ki Ruatonga

1 Uaka au ra ki Ruatonga, akapapa atu ki to Matate tangi te tu mata kio maamuri taku i tauaka tamou, mei te aire tu enua e taku tane ko koe [unclear: nai] e ori ai na a Tutakimoa i te tapere e.
2 Aue akapori te tangi ki to matau metua e, kore ua e ruru ana ki te kore ua e tatau i te imene i Ierusalema rangi, te tae nga ki Zoara, matakite i te rua tai ia Gomora, ko te riro koe ei pau ia Lota vaine ko tei ko mai te ai i pou ei na a Sodoma e.
3 E aere Toruariki, kare aku [unclear: ravenga] e taka ai taku tuatua kia koe ko te taime e topa ai te utanga manomano tini ki runga iaaku, te tuku nga atu i te tere ki Inama, te tau aka nga o te ai ra, ki Pokoinu ko te ri mati ra ko taku ere e.
4 Mei te Koura papi ki tai Kaoa taku tane te reinga ki tai toka te kite mai nai koe, kua kino te apinga i mura mata ia e koe, te akamingi ra i to vero, te aki roa ra e rua rangi ki te puaka i to are.
5 E aere e tae e Kavaiti otira ua taku mataora e, oro ua mai kae tu ua i mua iaku mata, na roto roa ra te ngati aku i reira iakae, rai roa nei ki reira taku mamae. [unclear: Aunave] kore taku raa ti maki anga kia oke e.