Tahitinui

na Rangi J. Harrison

1 Tu ana ra i te tihi o Orowhena.
Te maunga tikitiki o,
Tahitinui i te Waiurirau,
Te rau te oto o te manu e.

2 Ka tiro tiro whakararo ra,
Ki te whenua papatairite atu ki te moana,
Ko Waikite,
Te puna wairere iho,
Ko te marae o Pomare,
Kiingi whakamutunga,
O Taihitinui e.

3 To raru e Mare,
I nga ture whakahouhou,
A tauiwi,
Kai horowhenua e.

4 Hei aha koia ra,
Me waiho ma to tama ma,
Teriinawahoroaitetuahauwiri
Te Tuanuimaruaiterangiaroroa
I Temanawaatutepau pea,
E whakaea to mate e.

5 Ka piu nga mata ki Paea,
Ko te arahurahu kei uta ra,
Kei te tahatai moana,
Te kurae whenua,
Ko te maha i atea,
A Ruatapu e.

6 Papara e, Papara e,
Te whenua i rewa ai a Tainui waka,
I kauria ai te moananui a Kiwa
Ko Aotearoa e.

7 Ka huri taku kanohi,
Ki Tahiti iti e,
Ko Tautira motu e,
Te kainga e rari noa te kai,
Nga tohunga tarai waka e.

8 E whiti e te ra,
Kirunga o Mauoro,
Ko te whetumarama,
Ko te ra tiaho mai irunga ra;
Nawai nga ringa i whakairoiro,
Ki te kamaka ra.

9 Pupuhi mai te matangi tokerau,
Papaki kau ana te ngaru,
Ki uta ra
Kihai i toremi,
Te here a umere
A Turi e.

10 Whakarongo ra, whakarongo ra,
Ki te pahu i Waiote,
He tohu,
Whakamene i te iwi e.

11 E whai i te ara ki Apoho,
Te waahi pupuha mai te moana,
Na roto i te toka e.

12 Ka tu ahau te puke,
I Matawai,
Te waahi tairi atu ki Arue,
Arue whenua,
Arue marae,
Arue nohanga ariki e.

13 E piki ra, e kake ra,
Ki Wharerauape,
Ki te maraetuatahi,
Ki Waihiria,
Nga marae tawhitowhito,
O nehe mai e.

14 Heke iho ra, heke iho ra,
Ma whautaua taheke,
Te kainga o te namu,
O te naeroa,
Kai tangata e.

15 Haere mai e hoa,
Ka kau taua i te awa,
Hei matakitaki,
Ma te tini ma te mano
I, a, ha ha.

16 Kia uia mai,
Kowai kourua?
Whakahua atu,
He uri taua no
Ranginui irunga ra,
No Papatuanuku,
E takoto nei,
I, e, he he.

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