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SONGS. 
Ki Tan war a ra; 
Pae tan arai ki a koe, 
E Amo, e aroha nei an. 
Waiho ra mata, 
Kia mihi an, — 
Kia roa i te mihinga — 
Ka tukn tenei, 
Ki te tai pouri, 
Ki takn makan mate. 
Tanwara, whose 
Lofty ridge veils thee from 
My sight, 0 Amo, my beloved, 
Leave me, that my eyes 
May grieve, and that 
They may unceasingly mourn, 
For soon must I descend 
To the dark shore — 
To my beloved, who has gone be- 
fore. 
Since their acquaintance with Europeans, it is interesting 
to notice the changes which are constantly taking place in 
the language, and the facility with which they naturalize not 
only English words, but even whole sentences. The follow- 
ing song contains an instance of it : — 
Ra marama, ka mahuta, 
I te pae na rnnga mai koe, 
Ko an hei raro nei, 
Tiro noa atu ai, ki wahoki, 
I te moana, he pw'ega poti 
mai, 
Nan, e Tapora, e ahn ana 
I a te tai ki, i Nga motu, 
Ko an te eke atu te tera, o 
waho, 
Mokai tanpiri nana i arai mai 
te kite atna an, 
Te waki a Pehi toro mai to 
ringa, 
Hari ru taua, wara i vara tai 
ki ha. 
There the moon appears 
From the range above yon, 
Whilst I remain below, 
Looking in vain for your return. 
From thee I hear a pulling of the 
boat towards me, 
Thine, 0 Tap sail,* approaches 
From the sea, from Nga motu, 
The sprit-stwZ is not seen by me, 
For the slave Tanpiri shades 
It from the view, but my heart 
Confesses it is Pehi. 
Stretch out your hand, how do 
you do, very well I thank you. 
One peculiarity in their songs is the cutting short different 
words to avoid harshness, and adding syllables for euphony. 
* Tapsall was a Swede, and the first European legally married to a Maori 
woman by Rev. .Samuel Marsden ; he was a consistent character, and greatly 
respected by both races. 
