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SONGS. 
was also required. This and the remainder forms a portion 
of the myth of Tawaki. 
The song is a very interesting one as it gives the origin 
of the name for every place from Wanganui to Wairarapa. 
In another version, it is attributed to Turi, and begins at 
Patea. 
He Wciiatci Aroha. 
A Love Bong, composed by a young woman of the Nga-ti 
kahununui tribe. 
Mapunapuna ai, 
He wai kei aku kamo ; 
Noho mai i roto na, 
Kei korerotia nahaku tonu 
koe. 
Kei ringa mau, e ! 
Mo te Maunu ra, 
E kai nei i au. 
Me tangi atu au, 
E hika, ki a koe, 
Te tangi a Tinirau, 
Ki tana mokai, kia Tutunui, 
Ka mate i a Ngae. 
Na ! 
The tears gush from my eyes, 
My eyelashes are wet with tears ; 
But stay my tears within, 
Lest you should be called mine. 
Alas ! I am betrothed (literally, 
my hands are bound). 
It is for te Maunu, 
That my love devours me. 
But I may weep indeed, 
Beloved one, for thee. 
Like Tinirau’ s lament 
For his favorite pet, Tutunui, 
Which was slain by Ngae. 
Alas ! 
He Waiata Aroha. 
A Love Bong, composed by a 
prisoner by Hongi Hika, 
Takotomai te marino, 
Horahia i waho na ; 
Hei paki omanga 
Mo Waowaotupuni. 
Noku te wareware, 
Te wai rangi au 
Te hukanga wai hoe, 
Nau, e Ahurei ! 
Kai tonu ki te rae, 
Ki Kohirae ; 
Marama te titiro 
person whose friend had been taken 
at the Biver Thames, in 1828. 
Smooth is the sea, 
Spread out in open space ; 
Fair and clear 
For Waowaotupuni to run. 
The forgetfulness is mine, 
That I do not follow 
In the splash of the oar, 
Of thee, 0 Ahurei ! 
With the eye to the point, 
Even to Kohirae ; 
From whence can be seen 
