CHAP. II. J SPECIMENS. 313 



Te rongo pai o Matui 

 The message good of Matthew 



Kia wakamatau ai 

 That may understand 



Kia kite te kanohi o te tinana 

 That see the light of the body 



E tama, e 

 son, 



Translation. 



Joseph, you cry ; hut dry your tears. 

 What shall we do on the night of the prayers, 

 On the night of the preaching? 

 You must be dipped in Jordan's stream, 

 That your sins may be washed, that your faults may be taken away, 



My son, my 



You must be carried to Turner's house, 

 That you may be shown the letters of the book, 

 That you may read 

 The first chapter of Genesis, 

 The gospel of St. Matthew, 

 That you may understand, 

 That your eyes may see the light of the body, 



My son, my 



He Waiata Aroha. 



Ka waia te kanohi ki te putanga mai 



Nga taumata ra o wakapau mahara 



He manu koa nga au e taea te rere atu 



E taea te hoka hoka hari rau mohoku 



Kino ai tatou ki te noho tahi mai 



Ka motu au ki tawiti ka rau aku 



Mahara no te roimata ra e pah eke i aku kamo. 



(Translation.) 

 A Love- Song. 



My tearful eyes are overflowing ; 



The bridal-day takes away my thoughts; 



A joyful bird comes to me in quick flight, 



