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Takitimu

Karakia Whakato Kumara

page 237

Karakia Whakato Kumara.

When ready for planting the kumara crop, the planters would stand at the end of the plot, facing the east. The priest would stand behind them, facing the field, and recite:

"Takataka mai, takataka mai,
Ko koe kei whakaroa noa tia.
Makurukuru ai te kakano kai,
Tauria te pu, tauria te weu.
Tauria te aka, tauria te koekoea whenua,
Ka puta i te whitu, ka puta i te waru.
Tukua te taupiri tatai, te ao rangi,
Ua te ua whatu i runga o haruru papaa.
Papaa noa te whatitiri ki runga ra,
Ko te wai i whea?
Ko te wai i uru mananga,
Ka tohia atu tama ki te ake rautangi.
E rua e e, rua atu, rua tahi te uhi nei,
Te taro nei, te kumara puhara nui nei.
Whakatahetahe tama ki te wai pani,
Ka tukua te papa i karatau.
I haere po i te aha?
I haere po i te whitu, i te waru,
Roua; Haere mai te tokii,
Haumi e e; Hui e e; Taiki e e."