IN THE ISLANDS OF AITU-TAKI WHERE LOVE SHINES BRIGHT I WAS BORN TO LOVING PARENTS, IN THE MORNING LIGHT MUM AND DAD, SIX SONS , SIX DAUGHTERS, A FAMILY BOUND, LOVE AND FAITH, THE FOUNDATION, ON WHICH WE WERE FOUND DAD WORKED THE LAND, AND FISHED THE SEA TIRED BUT PROUD, HE GAVE HIS ALL FOR ME MUM THE QUEEN OF OUR HOME, GUIDING WITH GENTLE CARE PRAYER AND WORSHIP , THE PILLARS, THAT HELD US THERE WE SANG PRAISES TO GOD, WITH VOICES SO CLEAR LEARNING TO PRAY, AND LOVE OTHERS, YEAR BY YEAR, AS WE GREW, AND WENT OUR WAYS THEIR LOVE AND THOUGHTS, NEVER FADED DAYS WE THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, For PARENTS SO DEAR LOVING US , AND GUIDING US, THROUGH JOY AND TEAR WE HONOR OUR FATHER AND MOTHER TOO KEEPING THE FAITH, IN ALL WE DO PRAISE THE LORD FOR THE LOVE WE’VE KNOWN A FAMILY BOUND BY FAITH AND LOVE THATS GROWN WE LOVE YOU, DEAR MUM & DAD, NEAR AND FAR GRATITUDE FILLS OUR HEARTS FOR THE LOVE YOU SHARED. TAKU NGA METUA, AKA-MEI-TAKI AU ITE A-TUA NO TO KO-RUA A-ROA IRI-IRI-KORE E TE AKA-RONGO KI ROTO IA IESU KO-RE RAVA KO-RUA E TAKU MAMA E TAKU PAPA MEI-TAKI E NGA-RO IAKU E TAKU AU OA TE PURE NEI AU A TETAI RA KA ARA-VEI TA-TOU KI TE RA-NGI TEI-TEI TAU-TURU MAI AROA MAI IA-KU E IESU EI RO-TO AU I TO-OU RI-MA E TU-A-TAU E MOTU-KORE A ME NE A ME NE AMENE NGA-RO INA-NGARO IA KU E TOKU AU OA TAKU
