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Poia atu taku poi,
Wania atu taku poi
Ngā pikitanga ki Otairi,
Papatairite atu ki Patea.
Ka tirotiro ki Te Onetapu;
Ka rangā tonu ki Taupo,
Ko Te Rohu, ko Te Rerehau.
E whae mā! kia rite mai te whakarongo
Ki ōku haere ruahine ki konei.
Nunui tonu mai, he iti taku iti,
Ehara i muri nei.
Nō tua whakarere nō aku kaumātua.
I whiua ki Heretaunga
Ko Puororangi, ko Tarapuhi.
Ka rawe rā māua ko taku tara
Ki te hāpai ewe
ki ngā whenua.
Tāpapa ana i te hiwi
ki Horohoro.
Kia mātau tonu au ki Tarawera,
Ko Te Hemahema.
Ka rere tītaha te rere a taku poi,
E oma ana i te tai pōuri
ki Rotorua,
Ko Parehokotoru, ko Te Apoapo, ko Ngatoro
Kei whea te rā ka hāpainga mai?
Kei Tauranga, Tupaea.
Ko te mea rā e wawatatia nei
E māua ko taku poi.
Tīehutia i te wai ki Hauraki, ko
Te Rangitāmoe,
Ko Hapai, ko Taraia
Tū tonu mai Tauaiti,
Pīkautia i te hiwi ki Mahurangi,
Ko Te Aohau, ko Tiaho.
Ka taupatupatu te rere a taku poi
Ngā ia tuku ki Waikato
Ko Kĩngi Potatau, ko Te Paea,
Ko Matutaera e tāoro nei
I te nuku o te whenua.
Hei aha rā?
Hei mana mō Niu Tireni
Pōtaea!
Hoki
mai rā, e poi,
E
oma ana i te takutai one
Ki
Te Mahia, ki a Ngati Awa.
Kia
tū mai taku Ariki
ki
te tonga
Kia
taoroa te hiwi maunga
Ka
tawhio ki Porangahau
Ka
tū tonu tenā,
nō
te Kurutangiwai
Makere
iho i a Pare.
Hei
whakamutunga mō
aku
haere ruahine
Ki
te muri, ki te tonga
E
poi ē!
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Swing
out my poi,
Skim out my poi,
Up the hillslopes behind
Hunterville
and across the volcanic plateau to
Moawhango
Look around at the summit of the
Desert Road;
hasten to Taupo,
To Te Rohu and Te Rerehau.
Hey ladies! Get ready to listen to
my dedicated woman's journey here.
Oh highborn ones, a lowly one indeed am I;
But I'm not of recent origin:
very far back go my ancestors.
Placed in Hawkes Bay
were Puororangi and Tarapuhi!
It pleases me and my sexual mound
to be the placenta carrier
for
the
potential creators of more placentas.
I lie prone
on the ridge
of Horohoro, south of Rotorua
to remind myself of Mt. Tarawera
Te Hemahema!
Side-ways my poi now flies
Escaping the depressing tide of
memories
at Rotorua,
Parehokotoru, Te Apoapo, and
Ngatoro!
Where does the sun rise?
Ah yes, at Tauranga, Tupaea!
the one who brings day-dreams
to me and my emotions.
Splashed in the waters of Hauraki,
Hapai and Taraia!
Still standing by is Tauaiti!
I walk, with difficulty, up
the hill at Mahurangi,
Te Aohau and Tiaho!
And now my poi swings wildly,
in the current to Waikato
where
the mana of King Potatau, Te Paea
and Matutaera is spread
over the whole extent of the land.
For what purpose?
To make the prestige of New Zealand
their head-covering!
Let's go back now, O poi
Run along the sandy
beach
to Te Mahia, to Ngati Awa,
May my great leader take
his stand in the south
so that by ascending the range of hills
encircling Porangahau
he takes his stand there
on account of the greenstone pendant
dropped off by Pare.
And that brings an end to
my wise woman's journey
to the north, to the south,
O my poi!
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