Pukatea

Pēnei au 

Ka rere tika tonu te awa nei

Pēnei au 

Ka piri tahi haere ake nei

Kua pekapeka te awa

Kua rerekē taku ara

Ka mua ka muri

Tōku nei pūtaketake

Tēnei au

He whakahekenga o te whaiora

Tēnei au

He whakatipu oranga

Ko tōku waka

He waka kama

Kei te tauihu

Tōku whakapapa

Tātou tātou e

Kua pekapeka te awa

Kua rerekē taku ara

Ka mua ka muri

Tōku nei pūtaketake

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Pukatea - a translation

I thought 

this river would always flow like this

I thought

We’d stay together for generations

The river has branched off now

My path has changed/looks different

I look back and see where I’m from 

My absolute origin/source 

Here I am

A descendant of the pursuit of a better future

Here I am

Growing/nurturing a better tomorrow

This waka

Is a willing waka

The figurehead that leads

Is everyone that I come from

Together, together

The river has branched off now

My path has changed/looks different

I look back and see where I’m from 

My absolute origin/source

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Namupoto

Makes me nervous

I can’t tell if you believe 

what you hear

Or what you see

I am cautious

So I hide where I have been

It appears

not as it seems

Great forest set on fire

Telling me I’m a liar

Worth it for my memory

My legacy

My desire

Is the flame that gave my name

Let it burn

In history

To the wire

Going fine by my design

Till it turned

On me

Great forest set on fire

Telling me I’m a liar

Worth it for my memory

My legacy

Might have gone too far

No more lucky stars

Hiding in the deep

Can’t escape the heat

Even in the skies

The blaze rises high

I twisted the fact

Now I can’t go back

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Kaikōmako

Come home my darling

I am here waiting for you

You set the world on fire

Lost everyone in it too

Love is your greatest intention

Your passion misunderstood

Leave it all out in the open

My love for you is secure

Rite tahi ki tō te mate

Te ngau o te aroha e

Me he ahi āritarita

E kore e tineia e

Cry in my arms little darling

Rest your head on my heart

It sings for you, boundless too

Nothing can pull us apart

Ahitūrangi tiketike

Ahikōmau ki te kōpū

Aroha nui rawa e

Aroha nui rawa e

Rite tahi ki tō te mate

Te ngau o te aroha e

Me he ahi āritarita 

E kore e tineia e

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Kaikōmako - a translation

Love is as strong as death

The sparks of an unquenchable fire 

Highest inferno

Deepest fire

The greatest love