TE riTO TE II EN I'A, OR EASTER ISLAND. 525 



TRANSLATION OF EASTER ISLAND TABLETS. 

 FATHER MOURNING THE LOSS OF HIS CHILD. 



(Plates XLII and XLIII.) 



Ka ilii uiga — te ki ati — 

 Anwe te poki, c — 

 lii' inaki tana— Hi i to hiva iua 

 Ka ilii uiga — niai. 



•J. 



Ka ilii uiga — te ki ati — 

 Auwe te poki, e — 

 Ite maki tana — Honiti ina. 

 Ka ilii uiga — moa uiai. 



Ha iuin, — poki — e — ; 



Ta auwe rai — e; 

 Viviri rai, in age — o; 



I — ruga — i ; 



Te pap a re liinua 

 Viviri rai — inage — o ! 



4. 



Haki- e! 



Avaliinua — ki tagu atu. 



Auwe poki — e! 

 Ava rai — 

 Ava mat a — Ina hiva 



Auwe poki — e ! 

 Ite renia i> parapa moni 



Auwe poki — e! 



This is an old song, supposed to have descended from the time the 

 first inhabitants arrived on the island. The father is believed to mourn 

 tor his child left in that eastern laud, from which tradition states the 

 people migrated. 



ENGLISH TRANSLATION. 



The sail of my daughter, 



Never broken by tin- force of foreign clans! 

 The sail of my daughter, 



TJnluuk.ii liy the conspiracy of Honiti ! 

 Ever \ ictoi inns in all her fights 



She could nut be enticed to drink poison waters 

 In the cup "C obsidian glass. 



( !au my sorrow e\ er !>'■ appeased 



While W C arc divided bj I lie mighty seas ' 



oli my daughter, ob mj daughter ! 



It is ;i vast and watery road 



Over which f look toward the horizon, 

 M\ daughter, <>li my daughtei I 



I'll swim ci\ er I he deep tu meet \ .Hi. 



My daughter, oh my daughter! 



