CHAP. II.] SPECIMENS. 311 



Ka moiri kirunga, tuku iho kiraro. 



Has risen above, descends down below. 



He mea nei Hapai ka tatata 



A thing (person) there, Hapai (a name of a man), will approach 



ki tawiti 

 at a distance: 



E te ngakau hoki e wawatai i te ahi-ahi 

 The heart is broken in the evening : 



Ko wai ra kia hoki me wakatitahatia 



Who truly will return and (if) leaning 

 Hei Waihoura, hei a te Ripera, 



Here Waihoura (a woman's name), here to Ripera, 



hei te moenga takakau 

 here the bed friendless, 



He moenga takakau. 

 The bed . of a virgin. 



E kore e tahuri mai ka taiakotikotia nga mea 

 Not turn to me worn out things (person) 



i ahau nei 



mine, but 



Kati hoe au ki tawiti 



Enough sail I to a distance. 



Taihoa ahau e hoki ki taku moenga tupu 

 Soon I return to my bed born (birth-place), 



Kia poutu te marama, kia hina pouri mai. 



When dark the moon, when threatens darkness comes. 



The division of the song is in the following 

 manner : 



Tera te marama tutaki ata 

 Ka moiri kirunga, tuku iho ki raro 

 He mea nei Hapai ka tatata ki tawiti 

 E te ngakau hoki e wawatai i te ahi ahi 

 Ko wai ra kia hoki me wakatitahatia 

 Hei Waihoura hei ate Ripera, hei te moenga takakau 

 E kore e tahuri mai, ka taiakoti 

 Kotitia nga mea i ahau nei 



