Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands
E puke amu e ia i tata ia nei
[Note added by Bob O'Brien as transcriber:] E puke amu e ia i [unclear: tata] ia nei
= 1 .Ko maara ia e au te uipaanga e te au popongi, ma te putuputu anga ai ai ma te tuatua te vaine ki te tane ko te kore ia, aere a Pera taoi i te kai a te anau, taoi taku kaka kopapa e.
= 2 E rave e maine e noo ki runga i te tu ruki, ko koe tei autu e taku taeake i tena ko au tei eke ia taua ki te po aki rua ia Tiki, ko Ruaara taku e tangi nei e tangata piri ki reira taku tane e.
= 3 Maruarua te Imene ia Ziona e tuku taku manako ki reira, mei te kai vera e pupu ki roto iaku te tangi aku ki taku tane, tei runga a Rimataunga e tiori ana te manako e.
4 Ariu akenei au ki te nupepa aau, kua tae mai kae ki Takitu, tei Arutanga kae?, mauruuru taku ngakau te tumu nei au i te Imene ko rekareka e.
5 E ui mai ki aku a Ruamaki no ea kae, pa atu ei na taku karanga, e ui aa taua, ka re kae i akara mai ana te tu oku, no muri au no Kavera no te raue i te tu akapu ki runga ia aku no te kimi i te tiare taina aku ruperupe mei Kavera e.
6 Ko te karanga e taku tane auraka au e kave ia te ngai mamao pa atu ei na taku karanga e tumatetenga roa toku i te tuatua reo iku, aue taku aroa e.