A MAIDEN OF TE PITO TE HENUA, AN ISLAND IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

On her beautiful puoka ( head )

Hung her raven-black rauoko ( hair )

While love filled her mokoikoi ( heart )

Her alabaster kiri ( skin )

Gleamed on her kapu hivi ( shoulder ).

And her petticoats came down to her kuri ( knee ).

Sweet was her aerero ( tongue );

White were her even niho ( teeth ),

And graceful her kakari munava ( waist );

Voluptuous her ngutu ( lips )

And shapely were her heru ( legs ).

Well developed were her kiko ua-ua ( muscles ).

Oh, this maid of Rapa Nin ( island )

Bore a rima tuhi hana ( ring ).

Beloved was she by a tangala ( man ),

Who in his little vaka ( boat )

Caught a wedding gift of ika ( fish )

And breathed his tale of love in her ringa ( ear ).