Toku Reo Maori
Toku reo maori Ko etahi e pupuri ana Ko etahi e Kore Ki etahi pai noa te Korero Ki etahi Kore Ke e pakaru mai Tangohia te taonga nei He taonga ngawari He taonga i puawai mai I roto ite ngakau ote iwi maori Pupuritia, manaakitia Kia Kore ai e ngaro mo ake tonu rawa.
Naku na. Te Ara Allen Sacred Heart College
Wanganui.
A love song for Te Toko (Te Mahutu).
I reach Wairaka Turn to gaze backward Stop! My love jumps Kakepuku Rushes straight to Pirongia peak; You beneath You my cousin lover I cast you aside. My heart the fool Not to keep hold Not to have two more nights boundYou, The one I dearly cherished: Blood relative of ‘Toa in the south Of Mainia in the west, We were paired! I longed to end lifes work with you Instead, I return home To the boiling waters Brought from Hawaiki By Ngatoroirangi By his sisters Te Hoata and Te Pupu To fume on Tongariro To warm my skin Rangi married him Pihanga the wife Thus the rain, the wind, and storms in the west: I leap!
Michael Reilly
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Bibliographic details
Tu Tangata, Issue 11, 1 April 1983, Page 35
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194Toku Reo Maori Tu Tangata, Issue 11, 1 April 1983, Page 35
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