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Waiata Taki – Roha atu ō parirau
Kaitito / Composer – Hana
O’Regan
Rohe – Kāi
Tahu whānui
Whakamārama
/ Explanation
He
waiata taki tēnei i titoa e Hana i te mateka o tētahi o ōna
hoa, a Lisa Watson i te tau 2008. I waiatahia tēnei e Hana
hei waiata poroporoakī i te nehuka o Lisa i te urupā o Kauae i
Ngongotaha i Rotorua.
This
lament was composed by Hana on the death of her friend, Lisa Watson in 2008.
Hana sang this song as a farewell on the burial of Lisa at Kauae
cemetery in Ngongotaha, Rotorua.
Ka tikaka whakamahi mō te waiata nei / Notes
on appropriate usage of this waiata
He
waiata taki tēnei. E
tika ana hai waiata, hai poroporoakī hoki i kā takiauē me
kā wā e whakamōmori ana ki tētahi kua riro ki tua o
Paerau.
A waiata taki - appropriate as a
waiata at takiaue / funerals, or at times to recognise the grieving of
someone no longer with us
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ROHA
ATU
Ō PARIRAU
Roha atu ō parirau e te manukura
Me he toroa toro tai ki pāmaomao
Te huia kaimanawa me uaua ka kite
Kai te rere atu koe ki tua
I te tirohaka whatu
Ko koe tonu rā te whatumanawa
E topa, e tiu, e rere
E te kōtuku rereka tahi
Tiro iho nei ki te tini
E taki hotuhotu nei
Te uri o Pani kai te Kauae
tō raukura titia ki te poho
o tō tītī huatahi e
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SPREAD
YOUR WINGS
Spread your wings wide oh precious bird
Like the albatross who journeys to distant shores
Such a prized treasure so rarely seen
You are now to fly
Beyond eye’s sight
Always to remain in the deepest of hearts
Soar, swoop, fly
Oh Heron of a single flight
Look down upon the multitudes
With their sobbing hearts
Those you leave behind at Kauae
Your plume forever pinned to the chest
Of your cherished child
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