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Paikea

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Paikea (1870s)
Mikaera Pewhairangi
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Original version Arawa version

Uia mai koia, whakahuatia ake;
Ko wai te whare nei e?
Ko Te Kani / Ko Rangi / Whitireia!
Ko wai te tekoteko kei runga?
Ko Paikea! Ko Paikea!

Whakakau Paikea. Hei!
Whakakau he tipua. Hei!
Whakakau he taniwha. Hei!
Ka ū Paikea ki Ahuahu. Pakia!

Kei te whitia koe
ko Kahutia-te-rangi. Aue!
Me ai tō ure ki te tamahine
a Te Whironui - aue! -
nāna i noho te Roto-o-tahe.

Aue! Aue!
He koruru koe, koro e.

Uia mai koia, whakahuatia ake
Ko wai te waka nei e?
Te Arawa!
Ko wai te tohunga o runga?
Ko Ngātoro-i-rangi!
Ko Ngātoro-i-rangi!

Whakakau Tainui, hei!
Whakakau Mataatua hei!
Whakakau Tokomaru hei!
Ka ū Te Arawa ki Maketu, pakia!

Ko Tama-te-kapua te tangata o runga
Me ai tō ure ki te ruahine
a Ngātoro-i-rangi
Nana i noho te kei o te waka,
Aue! Aue! Ka raru koe 'Toro e.


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.