Tātarakihi

Tātarakihi kihikihi tātākī

Pakipaki kau ana ngā pakikau e taki

Takitini takimano ko nga tamariki

Tamanui ihiihi Tanerore arohaki 

E aro ki te hā o te taki tātarakihi 

Kua roa e tāria ana Hine Raumati 

Ko matimati kuiki i te makariri 

E maka ko te riri kia piripiri

Pipiri Puanga, ana te rawe o te

Pua ngā mokopuna he pura whetū

Tū ana Kōanga karanga mai, Raumati 

Matiti rawa ana e

Tātarakihi kihikihi tākarokaro taukapokapo

E rere runga rawa e

Piki ake kake ake 

He uri whakaheke

He mokopuna he tipuna e

He mokopuna he tipuna e

Tātarakihi kihikihi tātākī 

Pakipaki kau-ana ngā pakikau e taki

Takitini takimano ko nga tamariki

Tamanui ihiihi Tanerore arohaki 

Tātarakihi kihikihi tākarokaro taukapokapo

E rere runga rawa e

Piki ake kake ake 

He uri whakaheke

He mokopuna he tipuna e

Tātarakihi kihikihi tākarokaro taukapokapo

E rere runga rawa e

Piki ake kake ake 

He uri whakaheke

He mokopuna he tipuna e

He mokopuna he tipuna e

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Cicada - A translation

Cicada cicadering and chattering

Clapping and clicking their wings to a/the beat

There are many, here a many children

Tamanui beaming down Tanerore quivering

I listen to the sound of the song of cicadas

It’s been a long time waiting for the summer

fingers cold from the winter

casting my opinions of others to come together (for warmth)

New year, new year, new year

Beginning of new life, a twinkling of a star

Spring comes, summer calls

Now summer is here

Cicadas chatter, play, then twinkle

Keep flying high

Higher and higher

All descendants (of those in the heavens)

All grandchildren are ancestors

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When I

Wake and open my eyes

Sun down moon up tonight

Am I going to survive

I hear the starlight call me out into the night

Under a reverie inspired by Your delight

When I

Call on You will arrive

Promises stay alive

Please don’t take your time

Kua tirotirohia, kua mōhiotia ahau e koe.

E mātau ana koe ki tōku nohoanga iho, ki tōku whakatikanga ake; ki ōku whakaaro i tawhiti 

E kitea pūtia ana e koe tōku ara me tōku takotoranga iho;

Kahore rawa hoki he kupu i tōku arero, i toe i a koe te mōhio,

Kua hangā ā muri, ā mua, ōku e koe: kua pā mai anō tōu ringa 

He mea whakamīharo rawa, kei tawhiti atu hoki i a au tēnei mātauranga: kei runga noa atu, tē taea e au.

Me haere au ki hea i tōu Wairua? me oma rānei ki hea i tōu aroaro?

I hear the starlight call me out into the night

Under a reverie inspired by Your delight

Take every part of me compose this heart of mine

tension is rising… You write the last line

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Wētā - A translation

You have searched me, and you know me

You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar

You discern my going out and my lying down

Before a word is on my tongue, you know it completely

You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me

Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain

Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?

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Stars align 

Everything feels right

Took a chance

Didn’t let it fly by

Sky dilating

Confidence missing

Keep counting all the time

Ka puritia ngā tikanga kia mau

Ka titia rā ki te ngākau kia tina

Ko ngā akoranga 

tuku iho

Cloud 9

For a moment

Then I fall behind

Kinda poetic

sky separating

Pride deflating

Keep counting all the time

When I walk 

When I sleep

And when I wake!

Ka tāheia hei whakakai marihi

Kia āwhina

Kia tiaki

Kia ārahi

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Mokomoko - a translation

Chorus: We do our best to hold onto the right ways

We hold it in our heart until it is fixed 

The teachings

handed down

Bridge: Wear it around your neck as a beautiful ornament

To help you

To watch you

To guide you

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