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MADE BY TE RAUPARAHA: A LAMENT FOR HIS NATIVE PLACE, KAWHIA, ABANDONED BY HIM. There, far away, is the tide of Honipaka. Alas! ihou (lionipaka) art divided from me. The only lie which connects us, Is the fleecy cloud drifting hither, Over the summit of the island, Which stands clearly in sight. Let me send a sigh afar to the tribe, Where the tide is now flowing. The leaping, racing, skipping tide. Oh! for the breeze, the land breeze, The stiff breeze. That is my bird, A bird that hearkens to the call, Though concealed in the cage. Oh! for the wind ofMatariki, Then te Whareporutu And the great Aliawa, Will sail swiftly hither. So ends my song of love—o—.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 12, 2 September 1861, Page 24
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121SONG. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 12, 2 September 1861, Page 24
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