Tena koutou i o koutou tini mate
Hoki atu ki te Kaihanga
Ki te karanga o Hinenuiitepo
Ki te po nui
Ki te po roa
Ki te po kahore he otinga
Ko te tatau o te po i mua i a koe
Hoki atu ki te kaitiaki o te po
No reira, haere, haere, haere


Greetings to your many dead
Return to the Creator
To the call of Hinenuiitepo
To the large night
To the long night
To the night without end
The doorway of the night is before you
Return to the guardian of the night
Therefore, farewell, farewell, farewell

Māori farewell
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Rest well my friend. *Koutou kua wheturangitia

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end
has come
read the memo
large print
centred
bold


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how long
before I can walk past
and not look

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things left unsaid
too much was said
to begin with

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shuttered heart
shuttered eyes
shutting you out
walking away again

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you will never see your reflection
in my eyes again

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