Remembering Summer: He rotarota/Poem

Kia ora koutou e te whaanau,

Nau mai haere mai ki te waahanga tuatoru o tenei tau.  Ko te mea nui ko ngaa tamariki nga rangatira mo apopo.  No reira e te whaanau teena koutou,  teena koutou, teena taatou kaatoa.

Kei a matou tamariki ki te ako tetahi rotarota mai te rotarota a "Remembering Summer."

Ko teenei rotarota na Ezra Tewano te kaituhi.

Remembering Summer:

I maumahara tōku kānohi ki te peke aporo i te wai makariri.  

My face remembers going Apple bobbing in the cold water,

I maumahara ahau ki te whanawhana e21 ōna wā ōku waewae.  

My legs remember falling over 21 times, 

I maumahara ahau ki te kaukau ana i roto i te wai makariri. 

My body remembers swimming in the cold water, 

I maumahara ahau ki ngenge me te mamae i ōku amo. 

My arms remember getting tired and sore,

I maumahara ahau te papa wera rawa i ōku matiwae.  

My feet remember burning concrete, 

I maumahara ahau te makariri i tōku hinengaro.  

My mind remembers getting a brain freeze, 

I maumahara ahau ki te whiu poro tenehi i ōku ringa.  

My hands remember throwing my tennis ball, 

Ko te tumanako ka hoki mai a te wā raumati.  

Oh, how I wish it was summer again.  

Na Ezra Tewano