Ko te whare hangahanga tena a Tane-nui-a-rangi:-Signifies the first woman made by Tane-nui-a-rangi. Ka taka te pae o huaki-pouri:-Signifies that before the womb has conceived, a barrier is fixed, sacred it is on conception her girlhood ceases, motherhood begins.ĥ. I roto i te ahuru-mowai:-Signifies the womb, that being the place where no harm can reach the child.Ĥ. Te Kunenga mai o te tangata:-Signifies the embryonic stage of man's formation.ģ. (The numbers refer to the lines in the original Maori poem).Ģ. On high in space,-the guide serene for those With tattoo, work for Rehua, sacred made.ġ65 The Ancient One of Heaven, and the source,įrom which the rainbows and good demons spring,īy sire by Taketake, too, who stands on high, The stream supplies the image, while the rest He might himself behold the nameless one!ġ55 The “I,” the parentless, from whom did spring Inspired he was by thought that there perchance Now soon the growth of leavesġ45 With other food, the paua, eel dried fish,Īway in store-house, called the whata, still.ġ50 When food for men abounds land gets its share! The pedigrees and reels them off at once.ġ40 To plant the kumara crop, to earth up hills,Īnd clear out weeds. “The List'ner,” Mark thou Tupai who knows well Your ears be those of Rongomai the Great, Retain, and make thine own for good be sure,įor quickness strive and aims well based on truth,ġ35 Draw near, O mariner, and listen well Who now has come to face this outer world.Ĭome hither, Son hold fast these principlesġ30 That thou may'st speed toward the gods above,
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When once his mother's birth pangs ended areĪnd she with joy looks on her first-born son, His mouth: now, sure, a sturdy, crisp-haired child,Ĥ0 And strenuous he'll be, and healthy quite, His legs, his hands, his neck, his tongue within He soon begins work with it, stretching forth Now, when the child such faculty has gained, Grows power of knowing forms, and this can soonģ5 Be brought to use-applied to everything! 3 The child has been completely formed at length The kidneys and the bowels close the list! The blood and now, the heart, the liver, lungs So far, his process has been this: his eyesĬome first, the bones and marrow afterwards ģ0. Meanwhile, he lives and thrives just here untilĢ5 The fitting time for exit come and then
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Now hither trends the matter with its force, That Man's companion, too, should hold large sway.-Įnnobled both, they share great Tane's workĪnd let him rest awhile.-But there is more,ġ5 Much more to say about this work of old įrom it the strength of Tapu 2 was derivedĪnd (through the woman) handed on from sireĪnd even powers demonic, thus passed downĢ0 The stream of ages in those days of yore. That man should have such might as he did wield,
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10 The human race -For Tane's will it was