Letter from Mouth of God
E tuu ona hoa:
E patu atu nei au i tenei hamani ia oe me tou Kaoha nui. Mea meitai matou paotu. E tiai nei an i taoe hamani, me te Kakano pua, me te mana roti, u haa mei—tai au i titahi keke fenua kei oko, mea tanu roti. Eia titahi mea aoe au e kokoa koe nui oe i kokoa koe nui oe i kaoha mai ian Koakoa oko nui matou i taoe hamani A patu oe i titahi hamani i tooe hoa, o Vai Etienn ena ioto ote Ami Koakoa, Apatu oe ia Vehine-hae ena i tohe ahi, o te haraiipe.
E na Tahiatini i Tarani me L’Hermier, Mea meitai a fiti mai oe i Atuona nei Kanahau oko to matou fenua me he fenua Farani meitaioko tu uapu O Hinatini ena ioto ote papu meitai Kaoha atu nei tooe hoa Timo ia oe, u tuhaa ia mei a oe, e aha a, ave oe i tuhaa meia ia.
E metao anatu ia ia oe. Kaoha atu nei Kivi ia oe, E hee anatu i te ika hake Ua pao te tekao kaoha nui.
Tavahi T, Mm. Timotheo.
Ah my dear friend:
I write you this letter to send you my good wishes. We are all well. I have awaited in vain a letter from you with the flower seeds you promised me. I have inherited a very large piece of land where I could plant roses.
We have been very sorry that you have not given us more of your news. We have missed you much.
If you wish to write to your friend Vai Etienne, he is in heaven far away.
As for Ghost Girl, she must have fallen into hell.
Many Daughters’ soul must have rejoined l’Hermier in France.
You would do well to return to Atuona. Our land is very beautiful—our roads like those in France.
Vanquished Often is dead, but she must be in paradise.
Your friend, Timoteo, sends you greeting. If you have forgotten him, he has not forgotten you. Come back and we will again drink the kava together.
Kivi tells me that he still thinks of you and that he still goes fishing.
It is finished.
Kaoha nui, Mouth of God.