Ah, Tane!
Open the eyes of your mind—as you have opened your ears and your eyes. Open the eyes of your mind that they may perceive how Tane separated Heaven and Earth. See how he presses the head of his god-power on the breasts of Papa—See his hair grow and take root——ah,—See how his body and his limbs begin to stretch:—high, high above, his feet grow into branches and boughs—See how his power grows—oh, how he grows all-powerful into the heaven——Ah, see how his power overcomes the strength of Rangi!
—Ha, he lifts him!
He lifts the Heaven!
Higher!——
Higher—! Ha, the heaven is high!
Ah, Heaven and earth are separated—!
Hawaiki is born!
Oh, Tane——!