Title: Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands : Notebook 3

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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E Pee Teia No Tetai Vaine Kua Akarukea E Te Tane E (No Mauke)

1 Kua turere te Teina ko tei Ikurua ko te maara e,
= Kia rau te maara orororo te tai kua aroa ai au e, ko tooku teina ko te maara e.
2 Orooro mai e noo, oro mai e noo, kaore i ngere, teia to tane e, ko te ariki aka e te rangi ko noonoo ei korua e, tei runga Rakuipo ko te maara e.
= Kia rau te maara orooro te tai kua aroa ai au e, tei runga rakuipo ko te maara e.
3 Orooro mai e noo, oro mai e noo, teia to tane e ko te Ina o te tupuna ka moemoe ei korua e, te runga Raumati ko te maara e.
= Kia rau te maara orooro te tai kua aroa ai au e tei runga rakuipo ko te maara e.
4 Orororo mai e noo, oro mai e noo kaore koe i ngere, teia to tane, ko te ariki mataiapo, ka momae ei korua e, tei Tangatiti ko te maara e.
= Kia rau te maara orooro te tai kua aroa ai au e, ko taku teina ko te maara e.
5 Orooro mai e noo, oro mai e noo, kaore koe i ngere teia to tane e, ko Tangaroa upokovaru, ka momae ei korua ko te uru ma te raki ko te maara.
= Kia rau te maara orooro te tai kua aroa ai au ko taku teina ko te maara e.
6 Orooro mai e noo, oro mai e noo, kaore koe i ngere teia to tane e, ko te Rito o Tangiia ka momae ei korua tei Kuraakatiu ko te maara e.
= Kia rau te maara orooro te tai kua aroa ai au e, tei runga rakuipo ko te maara e.
7 Orooro mai e noo, oro mai e noo kaore koe i ngere teia to tane ko te Ina paepae o manuae ka momae ei korua e, tei Tauitiki ko te maara e.
= Kia rau te maara orooro te tai kua aroa ai au ko taku teina ko te maara e &