Over, each day, the sound of him
Bellowing, went below.
Bellowing, went below.
Maui saw the birds swarm up
And scream and settle on
The carcass of the limping thing
That once had been the sun.
And scream and settle on
The carcass of the limping thing
That once had been the sun.
But still he thought at length to see
His mother satisfied.
"Can't you put back his legs again
Now all my tapa's dried!"
His mother satisfied.
"Can't you put back his legs again
Now all my tapa's dried!"
"The days are long and dull," she said.
"I loved to see them skim."
Wearily, wearily, the sun shook
The black birds off of him.
"I loved to see them skim."
Wearily, wearily, the sun shook
The black birds off of him.
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