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Saturday 23 March 2024

Kabirau, my Anointing Oil - Ueantabo Fakaofo

KABIRAU, KABIRAU
Sweet and pleasant is your scent
I seek to break my evil spell

KABIRAU, KABIRAU
Let those scents stick to me Fast
and Cover the stench of ill-luck

KABIRAU, KABIRAU
Sweet is your smell in my senses
And sweet be my name
On the tongue of the girl I love

Ueantabo Fakaofo (20th century) Kiribati
Source: Lali: a Pacific anthology by Albert Wendt, Longman Paul, 1980

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