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Ho title - a 'i'arawa LeA-cnd - Illiterate aqd difficult - gans - unreliable translation in rarts The Tree was uprooted, the wind blew so that it fell. It was torn from my land under the famous ones of the top of the Tree. •* *- • •• ••1^ '. ' %-!»•. «>i*.,%• The Tree stood at Buariki on Tarav/a, at Llaun^atabu. They my .•I. -v. i'*-/ were people, Kaintikuaba. **• 1 *' • 'h All was finished, all were scattered. It fell at Tetoronga and everything on Tarav;a was ended. It was the end of the land of Eeia and Tekai, of Kirataura and Kiratantarawa. Kirata of Tarawa was the founder of Tarawa, " For the first generation was born of Kirata. .'R-
He tried to couple with the walce of Te Kira 1 • '.rf't- - But Namoko, the living leg (penis?) sprang up. He (Kirata) sped away to seize land under the v/estem skives. ^'y There he begot ITaraoaorabwena, his first-born, del Kinioafciea grabbed his penis from beneath his slcirt :''-r .'. , And conceived by it. The child was born and v/ont far away. He knew how to vanish for he was a grandson of Taranga h'ho, with Auriaria was first to escape from Mone. He went on to Tarawa from down below y.-. .Jr •• *• • -• • • -1 • 7""^* -' But Toabatiantonga of the red flower ruled there, .i ". do he sailed away. Downwind the Tree sailed, » • • . ir. I-' j|. i. Driven hither and thither, far away, put to flight.
I saw many of the lands under the sun but yearned for Tarawa. .'{W- I refused to jieople the land of the Tabiteueans. .. , ^1.'y •* U :• • I sped along on the tails of twin porpoises Longing to feel the surf of Tarawa r -•• V.hich sprays up out of the aka of Kirata. • v; Tabuenana is as steady and firm as the wind, ' '?•;•' .«• A dend for me Kaintikuaba for we are one people. • ••• , Is Nei Eterieri a stranger or from Buariki on Tarawa? ""*• ^ • • Her line is the line of Tarawa, Nabwebwe and Habwebwentangaroa. • ^ But their Tree was destroyed, Tarawa fell. »"'* Haul high the sail, raise the tlanikg over the ICainm of Tangaboa Utlbure. • y . . :• Ir j This is the second watch that stands nov/. • .J • .. Kaumai and Tebatunga watch '.' N*- stand over the rij^ts of kings. • V ^ V/hen all Tarawa recognized Noubv/ebv/e as king* ' •*% ". Their task was done, the rights discharged* ''/'iw. Takanuea went off to Buariki to join his ancestojrs of the Tree Which stood on Tarav/a. He coupled with Hei Tanomaing and Boiboi was his first offspring. Then Noubwebwe was bom on Taa^awa, Child of Hromai. The canoe was launched, the sail began to fill! Te bon aua rose over Tarawa at ITukumakinin the line of the semi-gods. -jf • .4\y . I will tell of the genealogy of Tarawa, of the descent from Houbwebwe. His wife was Nel Ulmanoa,born on the song they sang V^enthe pillar of Auriaria was raised on M£li* ./
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lieep tight your hold on Talibiteua that ire mayrepel them, ••'"• ^ ri;,.i»i» *•M . That you may own the reefs 3 where the bait abounds." ':y.''^A Therewassweatin thebellyfromthebeginningonTabiteuea. fe.;' But that part of the umbilical cord •', i;- -• r Tom away from the people of I-ilatang is now returned. .Tf""... Auriaria decided that the land of Kakamaru should lie inside the fence. • He first divided up the land of Tarawa. if i A »*•^ •• These are my lands: from the end of the island, where ITukai and d a;V;id.'f •
Tebanarauto are; •••>1^rt""* .* ,t. • ..«»,• Bameri, where ny family lives; .ir .V'. .. • Tabworake, at Tokokona from Terarikirilci. .,-ft.". - ^ I am directly descended from Kirata llange -yy-d •ZZ'A- j>--'''Tit Yiiho appeared off Tabiteuea to plant the Tree.
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