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Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands

E Tuatua Teia No Tetai Vaka I Tamaki Te Moana

[Note added by Bob O'Brien as transcriber:] E Tuatua Teia No Tetai Vaka I Tamaki Te Moana

E tuatua teia no tetai vaka i tamaki te moana, e aru pai, e rua vaka, kua aere raua ma tetai tangata e akoako, ki runga i taua pai ra, e kia rauka to raua apinga kua oki maira raua; tei te eka anga raua ki runga io raua vaka, kua tomo to tetai kua ora [unclear: to] tetai. Ei reira e tuatua mai ei taua tangata ra ki tei ora, tera te tuatua e aere kae ki uta e tuatua ki toku kopu tangata taku vaine ma taku anau e kua mate au, kua aere atura i te tiki, kua akangaro ua ki raro i te moana, kare ua atura i kitea? Kua oki maira tetai te aue, e te tangi ki tei mate no te mea kua aere ma te ora, ki tae ra ki te pai kua rauka te apinga, kia oki ra ki te enua kua rauka te mate,aue, te tangi e, kare i kite i te mata o te vaine ma te anau, ko to te tangata tu teia i te noo rekareka ua anga, kare i kite e te vaitata ua maira te mate kua tae ki te tairuakoko. Kua kite ia kaki mamae.