[We thank Hohepa Tamamutu for his letter and song, which we publish with pleasure.] To the Editor of the Maori Messenger. Do you insert in the newspaper the accompanying lament. It wa«composed by RuTni : Te Rohu, daughter of Te Heubeu Tukino, the Chief of Taupo. - Friends* we request the insertion of this song, because the woman who composed it %is a person of dee prelection. Her husband, Maniapo'o lit, Moananiii, who was one of . the Chiefs WTaupo, died September 18, 1857. •.,■:.■■ From your friend, HOHEPA TAMAMVTU. Oruanui, Taupo, March 22,1862. The sun is radiant, — And the while I gather home my thoughts Look ye on nie my friends, How careworn are my features I And I am tossed, and lifted high Like mountain waves, that rise in foaming , On Taupo's lake, [cones See my skin, 'tis like the crimsongfcrads That overspread the heavens* Ah, those 1 prized as priceless treasures Are snatched away, by Hana.* What; though, 0 tribes of Ngaliwhatua.f Ye reside; far hence, ye are near us still. Hearken, 0 Sire, from Tongariro's .heights, The mouutain of so many fond remembrances, Where are their tombs beneath the ground—the tombs of those we love Oh, why did the avenging god, In his dread path leave us behind? Ob that he had o'enurned the upheaving hills : When soundly I slept by the side of him, My own, my only love.
* Te Haua, a Maori god. f A tribe, residing near Auckland.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 8, 15 April 1862, Page 16
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241Untitled Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 8, 15 April 1862, Page 16
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