152.—HE WAIATA MO NGA WHAKAPAE.
Na Te Motukura. (Tuhoe?) Na Te Whatu o Tuhoe i korero ki a Te Peehi, na Te Motukura tenei waiata ‘mo tona tinana tonu i kohimutia e tetahi tangata.’ Tera atu pea etahi whakamarama o tenei waiata. (Ref.: B. 3/57). Taringa i whakarongo te haruru kite tonga, Tohu ake ai au ko taku wheteke* rawa, Tenei ka hoki mai; he homai korero Kia rongo atu au, Mo taku tiheinga i Kohuwai 2 ra ia. Kai roto mai Komairo, 3 naku rawa i ronarona, 4 E tarei atu ana i te mam ahiahi; Kaore ko ia ra he potau na roto. Ki kona te tini na warn 5 noa atu ai, Tenei taku tinana kai te taka ware atu. Kai te rokiroki rate roi na te Ihonga I te moana ra ia, e. E te rimurimu ra i piri mai kite toka, Ma te tai e huaki ka pae mai ki uta ra. Ka mau mai te tini na, ka kai mai mana, Ko te atarau rate maka mai ki au. Tenei kei te wera, ka whai mai te manu nei, Te tieke tararau ia nei. Ka te kore pari tata hai kopanga* moku, Ki wawe au te mate; Kai noho au i te ao tarituritia ai, Ka kea te taringa; ka mau mai hoki koe I tahau whakaripi, hai toki mai ki au. E kore ra e pa i te kiri rahirahi, Te tua noa atu ra i te wao a Tane, Ka hiko te kopara, e ko mai nei hoki.
'Wheteke:—He taurekareka ki etahi reo. Ki Hauraki he ‘rahi.’ zKohuwai:—He kainga. 3 Komairo: tangata. 4 Ronarona:— te B. 3/57 ‘rongaronga.’ Kite whakamarama a Te Peehi ko te tikanga o tera kupu ‘rongaronga’ he kukume atu, he kukume mai. s Warn noa atu ai:—Wani noa atu ai, kohimu atu ai. ®Kopanga:—Hei whakamomoritanga, hei rerenga i te pari. Mo te pari anake tenei kupu, mo te whakamomoritanga.
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Toa Takitini, Issue 90, 1 February 1929, Page 9 (Supplement)
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321152.—HE WAIATA MO NGA WHAKAPAE. Toa Takitini, Issue 90, 1 February 1929, Page 9 (Supplement)
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