E maumahara ana ki taku kitenga tuatahi i a koe, i tētahi pō e toru tau ki muri. I tū koe hei kaitiaki, ā, i tangohia e au ētahi hua.
me te kai mā te kai hei kite i a koe. I te wā tuatahi i tūtaki ai tāua i runga i te Ipurangi, he rerekētanga ētahi. Kaua e māharahara. Te āhua nei kei te
kia noho puku ake i roto i te ao tūturu, engari i homai he āhua tino māmā ki ahau. I uru atu koe ki te ope taua ki te mahi ki te
whenua i te 17 o ōna tau, ā, i whiriwhiria e ia tētahi mahi tinei ahi nui. Ko tēnei tau te whitu o ngā tau o te whai wāhi atu ki te kaupapa nui
mahi tinei ahi. Kia mahara ki tāu i kōrero mai ai ki ahau: i tō urunga atu ki te ope taua, i tuhituhi koe i tētahi reta ki tōu pāpā, ā, i mea ia:
"I tīmata ahau ki te tinei i te ahi i tēnei rā, ā, kua noho hei kaipatu ahi tūturu. Kei konei ahau. Kia pai tō oranga, e Māmā, e Pāpā, kei te pēhea koutou?"
Kei te pēhea koe? Kei te ngaro nui koe i ahau, kei te ngaro nui ahau i a koe, me hiahia koe ki te kai, kaua e penapena, ka whiwhi moni ahau
"Mōu." 17 tau te pakeke i kōrero koe i ēnei kupu, "Ko tō moemoeā kia noho hei kaipatu ahi whai tohu, ā, ināianei, ko koe te kaiārahi o te
e whakangungu ana i ia rā i roto i te ope taua, ā, kua tutuki hoki i a koe ētahi whakatutukitanga.
Muri iho, me whakamahi e au te wā hei pūnga hei kōrero i tā tātou pūrākau.
I te tau tuatahi i noho tahi ai tāua, i ahau i taku tau tuatoru, he tamariki rawa ahau, ā, i kī tonu mai koe kāore au i pena.
ka oati ahau ki a koe nā te mea ehara koe i te tangata tino pai mōku. Mō ngā marama kotahi me te hawhe e whai ake nei, ka kōrero mai koe ki ahau
i ia rā, ā, ka kōrero mai koe ki ahau mō tō whakangungu o ia rā, ō kai, tō oranga, me tō whakahaere. E maumahara ana ahau i taku wā tuatahi
i te tīmatanga, ka maha ngā wā ka tangi koe nā taku i kōrero ai. I mea koe kāore anō kia kōrerotia tēnei e tetahi ki a koe
nā te mea kāore anō koe kia noho i roto i tētahi whanaungatanga. Ae, ka tautohetohe anō māua i ia rā, he kino rawa taku riri, he maha aku wā
ka tono atu koe kia haere atu me ngā kupu tino ngākau kore, ā, ka whakaaro kia wehe atu tāua. Engari kāore koe i whakaaro mō
i ngā wā katoa ka whakarērea e koe, engari i tino atawhai mai koe ki ahau.
Ko tā māua tau tuarua i a māua tahi, engari i taku tau whakamutunga, kua tata ahau te tūtaki ki te raruraru o te mahi, ā,
I taua wā anō, i pā mai hoki ki ahau te raruraru e whakaaro ana te tini o te tangata ko te wā whakawhiwhinga tohu te wā wehewehe. Au
kāore au i te mōhio ki ō kare ā-roto, kāore pea i hiahia ki te wehe atu, nō reira kāore i roto i ahau taua whakaaro. I whiriwhiria e au te mahi tata ki tō
kāinga, engari tata tonu te whakangaro i tōku ao e taua whakatau. He "tino mahi" tō ia whānau, āe, kāore au i te pai ki
rātou. I whakawhāitihia e ia tōku ao, i tēnei wā, ka tīmata mātou ki te tautohetohe pinepine, e whakaaro ana koe kāore tō whānau i te
Ko te he, nāku. Ka whakapau kaha koe ki te pupuri, ki te mea kia whakaaro ahau he hē taku kōwhiringa.
Ko tā māua tau tuatoru, me ērā atu tau, nā ngā mahi kāinga me ngā tautohenga maha anō hoki. Nāu tēnā
me ōku mātua, i wehe atu ahau i a Fuzhou, ā, i whakatau ki te haere mai ki Xiamen.
I roto i ēnei tau e toru, he pai anō hoki ngā mea. Me kōrero tātou mō ngā mea pai i te tuatahi: kotahi te marama e wātea ana ki a koe
hararei i te tau, ka haria ahau e koe ki waho ki te kai, ki te hokohoko, ā, ka whakarite i tētahi wā ki te haere ki Xiamen me
E GuLangyu. E toru tau te roa o te wā, he maha rawa ngā whakaahua i mahue mai i a mātou. Ina pukumahi ahau, ka haere tahi koe me ōku mātua ki Pingtan.
ki te kite i te moana, ki te kai i ngā kai reka, me te inu tī miraka. He pai ki ahau te durian, ka hokona mai e koe māku, ehara i te mea ko tēnei anake, engari ko
tetahi mea e hiahia ana koe. I mea koe kāore koe e tuku i ahau kia hae ki tetahi, engari kāore koe i mahi, kei te hae tonu ahau ki ētahi atu: E hae ana ahau ki ētahi atu
E ngā kōtiro, ka taea e au te kai me taku hoa tāne, ka taea e au te hokohoko me taku hoa tāne, ka taea hoki e au te haereere me taku hoa tāne
He nui rawa ngā mate, engari e mea tonu ana koe: He tama Hainamana ahau i te tuatahi, ā, i te mutunga ko tō hoa tāne. He
utaina te kawenga taumaha ki runga i ōu pakihiwi, me te whakatakoto i tō kāinga mō te katoa.
Anei taku reta ki a koe:
Ki a koe e te aroha: He hau pōuri te raumati. He rau akasia kotahi, he rau e kukume ana.
ka rere te wā,
E toru tau kua pahure mai i taku tūtakitanga ki a koe. Whakaarohia,
He rite ngā whakaaturanga o mua ki ngā mahara whakamuri e mārama ana.
Ahakoa kua wehea tāua,
He mano maero te tawhiti
Engari, waimarie kāore rātou i tuku. Ngā mihi mō te tūtaki
Ngā mihi nui ki a koe mō te tautoko mai.
te hui tuatahi, i te kuwaha o te kaitiaki,
He mārama te rangi i taua rā.
Kei te rapu ahau i tō āhua i roto i te mano
Engari ina tangohia e au tō ringa, tae noa ki tēnei rā
I muri i te tīmatanga o te kura,
Kei Quanzhou koe, kei Fuzhou ahau,
e hiahia ana koe kia kite i ahau,
Engari he "mahi uaua" te tono whakaaetanga.
I te pupuri i te pepa whakaaetanga ki te kaiārahi o te tīma hei ripoata i te āhuatanga,
He mea tika kia whakaritea, kia mārama hoki, engari kia pehi hoki i te harikoa i roto i tōku ngākau.
Kia kī te maha o ngā wāhi hei haere atu, ka mahi ahau i tēnei rā mō te whakarite mō te whawhai...
Ka "uaua" te tango wā hararei mai i te mahi
Ka taea anake te huri i ngā hui hei "pāreti waea".
"Kei reira koe? He aha tāu mahi i tēnei mutunga wiki?"
"He whakamātautau hauora tinana, ka rite ahau ki te oma i te rima kiromita i muri mai."
"Kia pēhea te roa ka hoki mai ai?...Āe? Kei hea te tangata?"
He maha ngā wā kei te whakangungu ahau, ā, kei te tatari koe.
e mea ana koe kāore he aha.
E mārama ana ahau ki te ngoikore o roto i ngā kupu.
Ka ataata koe, ka mea:
"E kiia ana ka tukuna ngā hōia ki te kāwanatanga,
Kāore e taea e au te hopu i tētahi hoa tāne mai i te whenua."
Kāore e taea e au te haere tahi me koe i ngā wā katoa,
Ka taea e au anake te tuku i ōku whakaaro ki te marama
Kia ora tahi tātou mō ngā mano maero i ētahi wā kua pahure.
E pouri ana ahau nā ētahi mea iti noa iho,
Ka haere mai koe ki te kite i ahau i tawhiti ina mōhio koe.
Kawea ahau ki tētahi toa uku.
E kīia ana ka taea e te uku te whakatipu i te tinana me te whakapai ake i te hinengaro.
Ina pupuri te paru i te ringa, kia taea.
I tino aroha ahau ki ngā mahi uku.
Pūmau, tika, koinei pea ngā tino kaupapa o ngā nekehanga i homai e koe ki ahau.
e mea ana koe: "Ko te hanga kohatu te mana whakahaere o te hinengaro me te kaha."
E hiahiatia ana te rangimarie me te manawanui mō tēnei tukanga.
Kaua e hohoro rawa."
I kite ahau i te mārō, i te pakari, ā, he āhua-toru te āhua o te vase i muri i taku putanga mai i te oumu.
Ko tōku ataata harikoa rawa atu tēnei.
He uaua te kite tetahi i tetahi, he uaua te wehe.
Ka tere te wā, kua tae ki te wā hei wehe.
E hia ngā rā e pau ana mō ētahi atu kia tūtaki.
Ā, ka tūtaki tātou i roto i ngā tau,
Ngā mihi nui ki a koe mō tō manawanui.
tae noa ki ō kare ā-roto iti,
kia tino harikoa ahau, i tawhiti.
Engari kei reira ngā whakaaro e hiahia ana ahau ki te kōrero ki a koe.
Ia kimo o ō kanohi ka pakū te manawa o tōku ngākau.
Kī tonu i ngā putiputi ia ara e hikoi ana koe.
Tukua ahau kia pupuri i tō ringa, kia roa te wā e haere ai.
Koinei tāu whakautu:
Honi:
Kei te moe koe?
Te ua raumati i waho o te matapihi.
Ka hurihuri ahau, engari kāore rawa ahau e moe, kāore e nama, kāore hoki e manukanuka.
Kāre au i te mōhio he aha, kua ngaro whakarere atu ahau i a koe.
He nui aku hiahia ki te kōrero atu ki a koe, me kī atu anō.
He puranga remu ahau, engari kāore e taea e au te kōrero, kua kī te marama, kua ngaro te marama.
poroporoaki pērā i inanahi.
Āhea tāua ka tūtaki ai?
E hia te utu ā muri ake nei?
he ngāwari te whakatutuki i te kupu whakaari.
Nā te mea he kaipatu ahi ahau.
I homai e te kikorangi ahi he misioni ki ahau.
I homai e te iwi he oranga ki ahau.
I mua i te katoa, ko te kawenga me te kawenga anake taku e whiriwhiri ai
Aroha ana ki a koe!
Te wā tuku: Hurae-11-2022


