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Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

E amu na tetai vaine i akaungaia aia ei tutaka

[Note added by Bob O'Brien as transcriber:] E amu na tetai vaine i akaungaia aia ei tutaka

E amu na tetai vaine i akaungaia aia ei tutaka maki aere, ki Ruaau21, kare aia i Reu, no te mea kua rokoia aia e te tumatetenga, kua mate taua Tamaiti no reira te amu a taua vaine ra. Tera te amu

Te karangara e vaine, e aere au ra ki aurua pa ati ei na taku karanga eaa taku ka tua ki te tangata, e matangai au e ta nei e puakapa ua teia e tu nei ma te vai kore e.

Tera tetai amu na tetai vaine no tetai tangata me te kona te tu o taua tangata ra i te rere anga ki runga i te vaine. Tei ea te ara e tae ei. Tei te ngutupa i rave ara te pupu Tapitana22 e tau aka ua ki taatai. Tei Matavera te rua vaaroa i tutaki ei na ki te ara. Tera te mea i akaaiteia ai ko te vaaroa no te mea e ika taae tei vaaroa, okotai tu mei te aphi ovi, ko te aite anga ia o tana angaanga kino. Tera te ingoa o taua tangata ra, ko Tokaroku, e te tu o taua tangata ra. E tangata maro e te angaanga24 kino.