Lament for Te Whetukamokamo This is the first verse of a lament for Te Whetukamokamo which appears as no. 21 in ‘Nga Moteatea’ part one, edited by Apirana Ngata and Pei Te Hurinui. The English version is by John W. Wilson. It is freely based on the original, and is not intended as a close translation. E kui mā e, whakarongohia ake Te waha e pā nei; Tangi te umere, maranga te tūpeke, He waka tomo pea? Ka noho mai koutou i te nohanga māhorahora, Whakarae tonu au te toka i Kaiwaka. Auaka hoki rā e whakatangurutia, He mamae noa ake nō roto ki te hoa, Ka poka te ngaro noa i runga i te rārangi. E iti tonu hoki, i arohatia ai. Ko ana hakua te rite ki te tini; Ko ana kai makamaka, e aroha nei au; Ko te waka te tōia, te haumatia, I te rā roa o te waru. Are you hearing, old women, The shouting and singing, The dancing and reeling From the bow fully laden? But for me Is the sea … And the wild waves' caressing. (Give no thought To the wild drought Within me.) I weep for one missing. Your hearts would soon gladden If you saw him in summer Stand in to port, laughing … And for those at the hauling Were gifts for each comer.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/TAH196409.2.10
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Te Ao Hou, September 1964, Page 16
Word count
Tapeke kupu
223Lament for Te Whetukamokamo Te Ao Hou, September 1964, Page 16
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
E here ana ngā mōhiotanga i tēnei whakaputanga i raro i te manatārua o te Karauna, i te manatārua o te Māori Purposes Fund Board hoki/rānei. Kua whakaae te Māori Purposes Fund Board i tōna whakaaetanga ki te National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa kia whakawhanake kia whakatupu hoki ā-ipurangi i tēnei ihirangi.
Ka taea e koe te rapu, te tirotiro, te tā, te tiki ā-ipurangi hoki i ngā kai o roto mō te rangahau, me ngā whakamātau whaiaro a te tangata. Me mātua kimi whakaaetanga mai i te poari mō ētahi atu whakamahinga.
He pai noa iho tō hanga hononga ki ngā kai o roto i tēnei pae tukutuku. Kāore e whakaaetia ngā hononga kia kī, kia whakaatu whakaaro rānei ehara ngā kai nei nā te National Library.
The Secretary Maori Purposes Fund Board
C/- Te Puni Kokiri
PO Box 3943
WELLINGTON
Waea: (04) 922 6000
Īmēra: MB-RPO-MPF@tpk.govt.nz
Information in this publication is subject to Crown copyright and/or the copyright of the Māori Purposes Fund Board. The Māori Purposes Fund Board has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online.
You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study. Permission must be obtained from the board for any other use.
You are welcome to create links to the content on this website. Any link may not be done in a way to say or imply that the material is other than that of the National Library.
The Secretary Maori Purposes Fund Board
C/- Te Puni Kokiri
PO Box 3943
WELLINGTON
Phone: (04) 922 6000
Email: MB-RPO-MPF@tpk.govt.nz
Log in