FLETCHER] 



THIRTEENTH RITI^iL, PART IV 



177 



SONG OF THANKFULNESS 



II (irils mill 3lii.<<if 



M. M. ^S = 132. 



• = Pulsation of the voice. 



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Ho-o-o-o! I-ri!Ha-ko 



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Drinn.^ 

 Rattles.'L 



ti re-lira re-ki; 



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I 1 rill 



Transcribed by Edwin S. Tracv. 

 I-rilHa-ko ti re-hra re-ki; 



H2= 



r - ri! Ha-ko ti re-hra re-ki; 



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S.38 Ho-o-o-o! 



839 Iri! Hako ti rehra reki; 



840 Iri! Hako ti rehra reki: 



841 Iri! Hako ti rehra reki; 



842 Iri! 



I - ri! Ha ko tire -lira re-ki. 



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 II 



843 Ho-o-o-o! 



844 Iri! Hako ti re.sstah riki 

 84.5 Iri! Hako ti resstah riki 



846 Iri! Hako ti resstah riki 



847 Iri! Hako ti resstah riki, 



Hako ti rehra reki. 



Traii.sJation of First Stanza 

 80S Ho-o-o-o! An inlrodiietory exclamation. 

 839 Iri! Hako ti rehra reki. 



iri I a part of tlie word nawairi, an expression of tliankfiil- 



ne.s.s; " It i.s well I" 

 Hako, all the synibolie objects peculiar to this ceremony, 

 ti, me d) resent time), 

 rehra, a part of rehrara, I have. 



reki; re, isertaining or belonging to me; ki, a j)art of riki, 

 standing. 

 840-84;^ See line 839. 



Ejcpkmaiion J>i/ the Kii'rahus 

 This stanza means that it is well, a canse of thankfulness, that all 

 the birds and all the .symbols are here with the Hako and able to 

 bring good. The Fathers now stand with the complete Hako extend- 

 ing to the Children the promised blessings. So we sing: "I stand 

 here before you with the Hako!" 



Transliitiou of Herond Stanza 



843 Ho-o-o-o! An introductory exclamation. 



844 Iri! Hako ti resstali riki. 



iri! it is well! An exclamation of thankfulness. 

 Hako, all the symbolic articles belong to this ceremony. 

 ti, me (present time), 

 resstah, you hold, 

 riki, standing. 

 845-847 See line 844. 



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