A PRAYER FOR THE MOKOMOKAI
MAEMO MARUERA

TAHURI MAI O MATA KI AOTEAROA
NGA TINI O TOIMOKO
TE ATA KA HAEA I RUNGA O NGA
MAUNGA 0 MAHA
HE ATA KAI TAUA, HE ATA KAI
TANGATA E

HE MEA MAHUE KOUTOU I TE
UNUHANGA HEKE,
HE MEA MAHUE KOUTOU I ROTO
TE KOPAE O TO KOUTOU WAAH1
TAPU.

NO REIRA
WHAKATAU ANA KOUTOU I ROTO
I TE RANGIMARIE O IO MATUA KORE
I WAENGARAHI NGA AO TAUHOU
TAEA ATU KI TE WA E HOKI ANA
KOUTOU KI TE WA KAINGA.

WHAKATAU, WHAKATAU I TE RANGIMARIE.


TURN AND GAZE THEE TO AOTEAROA THE ISSUES OF TOIMOKO AND SEE THE DAWN STRIKING ON THE MANY MOUNTAINS THE DAWN OF BATTLE, THE DAWN TO CONSUME MANKIND ALAS

YOU ARE AS FORSAKEN BY DEPARTING MIGRANTS YOU ARE AS FORSAKEN IN THE CRADLE OF YOUR SACRED PLACES.

THEREFORE:
REST YOU THEN WITHIN THE PEACE OF THE FATHER OF ALL TIIINGS WITHIN TIIE STRANGE WORLDS UNTIL THE TIME OF YOUR RETURN TO YOUR HOMELAND. REST, REST IN PEACE.