Taku Toki (17th century)
Ngati Wairangi
288920Taku Toki17th centuryNgati Wairangi

Whaka-atu ra e taku toki
Ki te kauru.
Koia pā-nuku-nuku,
E ra e hine,
I a pakurangi, e tama,
Nā te hiahia,
Nā te koroka, e tama,
I a Tane, e tama,
Tane i ruka,
Tane i raro.

Ka rere te maramara;
Ka huaki ki waho;
Ka tipu mai i uta,
Ka takoto mai i waho,
E hura ki te ata,
Ko te ata o Tane.


This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.