Index / next /Bimmy Let Go Hei konei ra e . . .
Noho ake ra koutou
O Te Ao Marama
Koe nei te ara wairua
E takahia nei e . . .
Aue! Aue!
Farewell to you in the World of Light . . .
Now I travel the pathway of the spirits . . .
Farewell brown maiden
Belle of Kaihu
Wind tousled hair
Windswept, tangled,
Encircle bimbo-eyed looks
Hugged-tight thighs vis-�-vis Gale
Cantering hooves clippity-clop down
Pot-holed gravel stoned Wood Road
Farewell brown maiden
Drenched tear-wetted cheeks
Swept aside flimsy heart flakes
Flung to filthy kerbside
On pot-holed gravel stoned Wood Road
Goodbye brown maiden
To far off lands
Mend flimsy heart flakes
Flung to dusty kerbside
Of pot-holed gravel stoned Wood Road
Haere ra brown maiden
To homelands unmoved
Bitter sweet-kissed nibbles
Shared with darlings past
Savored on hot-seat harleys
Kaputted fragile heart
Dumped on fuckin' kerbside
Of pot-holed-gravel stoned road
Mended shattered heart flakes
Shafted to dusty kerbside
Chuff on tapered grass
Toss back red wine crystal glass
Longed for darlings past
Hazy hollow nights
Dayzed in sweat and toil
Sobered
Chuff next hazed-shared joint
Adieu dairy maid
Put aside cowshit-filled gumboots
with black singlet attire
Absent from milking shed
For there be no milk today
No, not for you milk maid
Plagued and struck down
Invisible hand of Whiro
Flicked upon your brow
Blood-filled skull lay wasting
Upon smoothed
Sterilized pallid white sheets.
Farewell favorite darling of many
Dark shadows - they draw nigh
Not long now - declare docs
'til your ultimate demise
"Any final wishes spoken?" -
"Yes - to be buried by her father"
Weeps bereft orphaned child.
Alas! Rebuked!
Barred by sisterly dagger fangs
Screw-keys locked on sculptured hips
Articulates destructive wickedness
From mischief-making lips
"She has no father!" -
On pot-holed-gravel stoned Wood Road
Kia ora little manu - what do you here?
A sorrowful message
As death draws nigh.
Bird-like hearts tremble,
Flutter, flutter, flutter
Quake sorrow-filled eyes
Blood -choked skull
Puffed upon pallid clean sheets.
Flutter little bird
Little manu comes to light
Wings quiver, wings shiver
Perched
On narrow windowpane ledge
Your bird-like heart farewell
Treasure from above
Farewell little manu
brown maiden sighs
Ghostly winds whisper
A little while thus far
heartbeat weakens, fades
From world of light
To world of night
Flyaway little manu
Take flight little bird
Her soul has left her body
None to see hushed kisses
Tears of woe and grief
Beaded upon frozen brow
Dressed in your lovely crimson lace
One so lovely as you brown maid
Will never grow old
Farewell brown maiden
Belle of Kaihu
Pass on from this world so soon
Everlasting rest
Placed near your papa
On pot-holed gravel stoned Wood Road
Bimmy let go
Haere mai e Hine
Anei ra matou
E whanga atu nei a koe
Takahia arai koe
Te ata whanui o Hine-nui-te-po-rangi
Ena ra tia ara koe
Nau mai haere mai
Kia atu tikiti mau aroha na ratou
Nau mai, haere mai Hine
Haere mai ra e . . . e
