Te Pou Te pou
Te tokotoko i whenuku Te tokotoko i wherangi Tokia Tukia Ko te mumu Ko te awha (Kaea) Ko te mumu Ko te awha Ko te manihi kai ota Takiri panapana Ka rau i runga Ka rau i raro Ka whai tamore i runga, ka whai tamore i raro Tena ko te Pou (kaea) Tena ko te pou Te Pou o Rongo, no Rongo Mauri ora Ka o a e eKokiri
The supports, The sustenance
The provision/protection from Papatuanuku
Provision/ protection from above (Ranginui)
The ravages and attack
Be that by the wind and the storm
From the wind and the storm
ripped up and strewn about
Here lies the crops pulled up,
Gathered from above, gathered from the earth
seek what is well rooted from above and the earth
This is the support
The support of Rongo, from Rongo wellbeing
From the O and fro
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