Collected songs and legends from the southern Cook Islands
Song of Tinomana
Song of Tinomana
E pa amu teia no Tinomana
1 Rongo ua akenei ki te vaa o te vaine tini i te puka kino a Anguna e, i karanga koe e neneva tikai ai te tu o Arorangi, pa atu ei na taku karanga, kare paa i neneva ia. Naringa te mate o Tinomana te vai nei te tu etene i te enua ka maringa taku ata kura nei, ka varu e au taku kapapa ki te anga paua i taku ariki kua inga teia mate e.
2 Uri ua e taku taeake ki te Atua ei tauturu ei noou, kare koe i topa ki te tai, no te rave i tana angaanga koe, no te taki koe io rima e tuku ki te pae katau, no te akara o mata ki te ngai i maringi ei te toto o Wiliamu i taia ki te etene e.