Bonus 141.5 - The Ode of Remembrance in Cook Islands’ Māori by Tom Harrison

Interpreted by Tom Harrison

Kare ratou e pakari, mei a tatou rai te ka pakari.

Kare te mataiti e ‘akamauiui ia ratou, e kare katoa e ‘aka’apa.

I te iti’anga ra o te ra e i te popongi.

Ka ‘akama’ara ua rae tatou, ia ratou.

English Version

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

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