Te Rotarota Maumahara / Remembering Poem

Te Rotarota Maumahara:

On cold winter days ....

I maumahara ahau ōku matiwae kei roto i te Onepu. 

My feet remembers sinking in the sand.  

I maumahara ahau ōku waewae i whanawhana i roto te moana. 

My legs remember smashing into the water.  

I maumahara ahau ki te takahuri i tōku tinana ki te Onepu.  

My body remembers rolling in the sand.  

I maumahara ahau ki te tautoro ōku ringa ki te rangi.  

My arms remember stretching up high into the sky.  

I maumahara ahau ki te tipakohia i ngā anga.  

My hands remembers picking some shells.  

I maumahara ahau te werawera o Tama-nui-tera ki tōku kanohi.  

My face remembers how hot the sun is. 

I maumahara ahau ki te maumai ngā rongoa wera ki tōku kiri.  

My mind remembers to put sun screen on a hot, hot day.

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