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Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

No Aitutaku (Proverbs)

No Aitutaku [Note added by Bob O'Brien as transcriber:] (Proverbs)

E tuatua mou ria e te vaa tangata. E tuatua na Banaba, ko Maina te motu.

E rua roa aku mate e Marama ko te ranga ua ake aua ta te turuma.

E tuatua rai na Marama,kia vave mai te Maanakai kia kainga ia te takurua.

Tera te aite anga no te tu ke ke o te au kai ravarai.

E tuatua na Marama. E akatae pa te angaanga ko tua rava ia e te Apuka. Tera te aitenga.

E vaka tupapaku, E ana ai e vaka tangata kua manako aia e ko tona tokorua i kapiki ei aia kia oki mai.

E tuatua na Marama e tupa te tautai. Ae taku tama e te Avaavaroa, kua akatiki koe iaku ke te ika. Tera te aite anga kua ngere aia i te ika, i taua ra ra.

E tuatua na Uringa ko taku akarongo ua nei ka ara ai taua.