Kuaka

Pakipaki pakipaki ngā pākau

E rere e rere toku ngākau 

Ka tiro ake ki tua

O ngā hau e puhi nei

E kawea i ahau

Ki te pae tawhiti

Mā runga uenuku

Mā runga te tūmanako

Ka kawe au e ngā hau nei

I te ao i te pō

Ka eke panuku

Ka eke Tangaroa

Ka tika te rere ka pā ki te rangi e

E kī rā he māmā

Tē taea te aha hoki

He toa takitini

Ka eke noa

Whaia te kahurangi

Kia tata te pae tawhiti

Pakipaki pakipaki ngā pākau

E rere e rere tōku ngākau

Ka eke panuku

Ka eke Tangaroa

Ka tika te rere ka pā ki te rangi e

A tōnā wā

Ka tae ki uta

Ka tika te rere ka tae ki te whenua

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Kuaka - a translation

Wings keep going

Heart keep flying

Made room for tomorrow

Don’t know how the wind will blow

Take me past the shallow

Into the deep

Where its heavy on the rainbow

Never mind those weary eyes

I don’t know how the wind blows

Through the night

I’ll fly high

We’ll touch the sky

We’ll keep flying until we touch the sky

Don’t tell me that it's easy

Don’t tell me that I'm in too deep

I’ll need you to keep me

When I leap 

I’ll get there before I sleep

Until the horizon is near to me

Wings keep going

Heart keep flying

I’ll fly high

We’ll touch the sky

We’ll keep flying until we touch the sky

In due time

We’ll make it to shore

We’ll keep flying until we make it home