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Parai Aranga
Kei mua i ahau, e toru nga kapu hua manu.
I roto i nga kapu hua manu e toru,
E toru nga hua ka whakatakotoria tika!
He mea hanga tenei ki te rakau:
E kore ahau e reka!
Engari he ngawari ki taku paparinga.
Kei te tuwhera tenei…
Patoto-patoto, ko te hua manu kohua,
Ka kai ahau me te tīpune.
Ko te tiakarete tenei:
Ko te hua manu tenei e pai ana ahau.
Ka pupuri ahau mo taku kai reka.
Francoise Bobe
He heihei i runga i te pakitara
He heihei i runga i te pakitara
Tekau ma wha nga hua hou ka whakatakotoria.
Engari i a ia e whakawhānau hua ana,
Na te ra o Akuhata i tunu ai.
He heihei i runga i te pakitara
Tekau ma wha nga hua kua paoa.
Ka puta mai nga heihei
He pakeke ano he pebbles.
Kare i whanau, ka huri
Tino heke ki te awa
Ahakoa te tangi a to raua whaea
E tangi ana i te taha o te wai.
Mai i tera wa ka kite tatou,
Porangi tonu kei te raruraru,
He heihei i runga i te pakitara
E kai taro pakeke,
Mai i tera wa ka kite tatou
– Picoti and Picota –
He heihei kotahi rau nga wa
Pikihia te pakitara ka peke ki raro.
Pititi tiakarete
I roto i te kete papatahi iti
Parai tiakarete
He kai katoa taku ika.
He kōeke me te toki,
He kuku me te anae,
He tohorā me te mango,
He whetu, he hiu moana,
He kōura me te honu
I kai mata noa ahau i nga mea katoa!
Corinne Albaut
Hen ki runga, heihei ki raro
Hen ki runga, heihei ki raro,
He heihei e whakauaua ana ki te whakaputa hua,
Hen ki runga, heihei ki raro,
Hen e kore e hua hua.
He hua manu ngohengohe, he hua i roto i te hukarere,
He hua manu, he hua parai,
Omelet harore,
Hen ki runga, heihei ki raro,
Hen e whakauaua ana ki te whakahoki mai,
Hen ki runga, heihei ki raro,
Hen e kore e whakahoki.
Te heihei
1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9
Ka tatau ahau ki te iwa,
I mua i taku whakatakoto i taku hua manu.
1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6
Mena ka tatau ahau ki te ono,
Ko taku hua he taro kanekane.
1, 2, 3,
Ki te tatau ahau ki te toru,
He tiakarete taku hua manu.