TIARE MAURUA

22 The maurua tiare travelled well beyond the islands visited by Hinaraure’a. And, when the wind blows from the south-east, it then blows the perfume of the tiare over the surface of the sea, and thus the maurua tiare was called, “ te tiare maurua i te ’afe’ä e hio i te tai ’e te mata’i“: the beautiful white flower from Maurua, in the whistling wind, floating above the waves. Song Hina planted the maurua tiare Into the coral gravel Crowned by the rainbow At Pitihahei isle As the mara’amu wind blows It spreads the perfume Of the beautiful flower! Of the splendid flower! The flower with a heady perfume! In the sweet name of Tiare maurua i te ’afe’ä e hio i te tai ’e te mata’i The beautiful white flower from Maurua, in the whistling wind, floating above the waves.