Tera Tetai Puke Amu Na Tetai Vaine

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Tera Tetai Puke Amu Na Tetai Vaine

Aue ia mea ngai kino ua ko Parara, te [unclear: tauaka] anga ki uta ki taatai te tu ke anga o te manako te atiati anga i te vaerua aku i rai ra te mamae roto e.

= Tau aka akenei ki te nu papa aau, ka tatara to aro ki aku, ko vaii atu na ki tetai, e meitaki tikai e taku metua, na taku manea i takai tika ki to are, na taku manako i tiki atu koe i te po, naringa [unclear: paa] koe i [unclear: aangi] ake iaku, e kore e puai ra taku manako e.
= E tu koe ra e maine, e vave tu oe ki te tau, e karanga atu koe ra ki taku parata auraka aia e mii mai ma te aue, teia au ma to Teina tei te kapiki ki te tangata tini ariu mai teia te ora e.
= E aere mai koe ra e Tangi kore tuatua mai koe kiaku, e [unclear: aringa] tu ki i na po te kapu maari iroiro tona au nga e, pa atu ei na taku karanga koia tika ia tangata i ari ai na taku tamaiti, ko tona vaerua tikai tei aki mai e tikii te kapapa [unclear: ana], no ea orai ngai tuatua ki taku pae e

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Title: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands : Notebook 2

Author: John Joseph Knight Hutchin

Editor: Percy Hall

In: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

Part of: Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies

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