312 LANGUAGE OF NEW ZEALAND. [PART II, 



Kati hoe au ki tawiti 



Taihoa e hoki ki taku moenga tupu 



Kia poutu te marama, kia hina pouri mai. 



Yonder is the star, meeting the morning, 

 Which has risen on high, and will descend below. 

 Hapai must soon approach from afar. 

 Alas ! Love broke my heart in the evening ; 



But will he return to me, if he loves Waihoura ? 

 If he leans over the bed of Ripera 

 He will never turn his eyes to me ; 



I am old and worn out. 

 But I will sail far away, 

 And will return to my birth-place, 

 When night comes on, and hides in darkness. 



The following is a modern nursery-song: 



