Ma Wai Ra (1841)
| Ma Wai Ra (1841) |
Ma wai ra taku mate
E huti ake ki runga?
Ma te Atua Nui,
Maana i runga nei.
No te kore ano;
Te kore-te-whiwhia,
Te kore-te-rawea -
Na wai hoki te kore?
E whitu nga tau
E kawea ana te patu
Ki te rakau hoari,
Ki te rakau pu hou.
Whakatuputupu, whakatuputupu!
Kaore ana ra;
Kei tua o Manuka.
I te ra e puta mai,
Te hau o pungawere,
Hei whakariu ake -
Mania, ka paheke atu ana,
Ki te wai tai!
Mimiti, pakore
Ki te waha o te parata!
E au kai tu,
E au kai rere,
E au kai whakatokihi;
I runga o te tumuaki
O Te Poihipi,
Me tohu hoki koe
No Ngati-Karetoto,
He pahi mahi kai
Maaku ma te tau, e,
Te tau, e, i.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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