tuahine - Sister - Whārangi 30
- I te nuinga o te wā he hunaonga pūru a ia, ā, he āhuatanga rerekē tōna me te hoapā tino tata! I ohotata tonu, he kanohi reka to taku hunaonga, engari he iti noa iho tōna uaua ki tōna tuakiri! Ahakoa rā, kai te pūru ahau, e turituri ana, a, te āhua nei e kino ana ki a au he tangata whakarihariha, he nayoyoyo! I tētahi pō i te korenga o ōku mātua, ka puta he hiko i te āwhā ohorere! - "He rā mōrearea tēnei, engari mēnā kei a koe te toa ki te mahi mata, ka taea e koe te mahi!" - I moe tōna pāpā, a, ka haere ki tētahi kura takatū, ā, he āhua ātaahua tōna, engari he āhua pāpāringa, he hunaonga atamai hoki! Engari e hāngai ana ki tōna āhua atamai, ātaahua hoki, he tino āpiti a ia ... Kāore i te nui te ahi i te wā kotahi! - Kai te haurangi a ia, a, kai te tōrere, engari he maha nga wā e whai ana a ia i tōna tuahine, he maha nga wā i nui ake ai te tairongotanga me te pupuhi! He tino ātaahua taku tuahine, a, he tino nui rawa te mahi, a, kaore rawa e kōrero kōrero kino. Engari kotahi tonu te ngoikoretanga... - He tino ngoikore a ia i roto i te waipiro, a, ka tino waipiro! - Tīmata ki te tāhae mai he puhi ahau ...