Nga Moe Reka, Taku Tamaiti
Nga Moe Reka, Taku Tamaiti Lyrics. An original lullaby inspired by the Cook Islands' Cook Islands Maori cradle-song tradition, from fifteen scattered islands famous for their black pearls and turquoise lagoons. Here you will find the lyrics, English translation, meaning, and chords.
Lyrics & chords
An original arrangement, with guitar & piano chords above each line.
Verse
What the words mean
Chords — guitar & piano
What “Nga Moe Reka, Taku Tamaiti” Means
The Cook Islands are famous for their black pearls, cultivated in the turquoise lagoons of islands like Manihiki, and for a Polynesian culture closely related to New Zealand Maori and Tahitian. This original lullaby, in Cook Islands Maori, borrows that same lagoon stillness and pearl-farming tradition.
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- An original lullaby by Relax In No Time, inspired by the musical traditions of its region. The words, melody, arrangement and recording are ours.
- Recording and arrangement: real instruments played by hand, no AI music, by Relax In No Time.
- Chords: written by us for guitar and piano.
- Translation: our own meaning-for-meaning translation, written for understanding. The sung words stay in the original language.
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