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Poi E Lyrics


(intro - solo a cappella : chanted by lead female kaea.)

te poi !
patua taku poi patua kia rite
pa para patua taku poi e !


e rere ra e taku poi poro-titi
ti-taha-taha ra whaka-raru-raru e
poro-taka taka ra poro hurihuri mai
rite tonu ki te ti-wai-waka e

ka pare pare ra pī-o-o-i-o-i a
whaka-heke-heke e ki a kori kori e
piki whaka-runga ra ma mui-nga mai a
taku poi poro-titi taku poi e

***chorus***
poi e whaka-tata mai
poi e kaua he rerekē
poi e kia piri mai ki au
poi e-e awhi mai ra
poi e tāpeka tia mai
poi e o taua aroha
poi e pai here tia ra


poi... taku poi e!

repeat solo a cappella : chanted by lead female kaea.

patua taku poi patua kia rite
pa para patua taku poi e !

verse & chorus repeated again, same sequence.

instrumental break, usually poi percussion.

then key change : repeat chorus on key change.

at end of song :
poi... taku poi e ! 4 times

then everyone chants at song's end :
rere atu taku poi ti ta' taha ra
whakarunga whaka raro taku poi e!

 
Maori All Blacks Haka
Leader
               KA MATE!                  KA MATE!
               We're going to die!    We're going to die!   
               We were at war             We were at war                                                       
Chorus
               KA ORA,                   KA ORA!
               We're going to live!     We're going to live!
               But now there is peace.                              
Leader 
               KA MATE!                  KA MATE!
               We're going to die!      We're going to die!   
               We thought we were all going to die
Chorus
               KA ORA,                   KA ORA!
               We're going to live!    We're going to live!
               but now we are safe


  All together
               TENEI  TE  TANGATA        PU'RU-HURU
               This is the man,        so hairy
               because our leader,         so strong and masculine,


                 NA'A  NEI  TIKI      MAI  WHAKA-WHITI  TE ...
               who fetched,         and made shine the 
               has unified us and brought back the sunny days of


             ... RA!  UPANE!     KA  UPANE!
               sun!    Together!        
All together 
              peace. We are all working in harmony, side by side, 


                 A UPANE!       KA UPANE! 
               Together!                     All together ... !
               moving in unison like the hairs on our chief's legs
 
               WHITI TE RA!
               To sun shines!
                to prolong these sunny days of peace.

  
                HI !

                        Yeah!

Po Atarau

 

Maori

Pö atarau
E moea iho nei
E haere ana
Koe ki pämamao

Haere rä
Ka hoki mai anö
Ki i te tau
E tangi atu nei      

English      

 On a moonlit night
I see in a dream
You going away
To a distant land

Farewell,
But return again
To your loved one,
Weeping here

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Kötiro Mäori e taku ripene pai
O makawe hoki nga ngaru ate tai
Ko te pare huia
He tohu rangatira e
Ko Rongomaiwahine
O Nukutaurua e.


Maori lass, my gay ribbon
your hair like the ripples of the tide
a topknot of huia (feathers)
aristocratic symbol
Rongomaiwahine
of Nukutaurua.


Rongongia tö ataahua
E te whenua katoa
Tae atu te kohimuhimu
Ki a Kahungunu e
Ko wai te wahine e
Whakakapakapa te manawanui
Ko Rongomaiwahine
O Nukutaurua e


Your beauty known
throughout the land
then the whisper reaches
even to Kahungunu
Who is the woman who
breaketh so many hearts?
'tis Rongomaiwahine
of Nukutaurua.


Piki ake kake ake
Ki Te Mahia e
Ka kite tana hiahia
Aue Ko Rongomai e
Haere mai e tama rukuhia
Nga päua a Tangaroa nei
Ma Rongomaiwahine
O Nukutaurua e.


He travels northwards
to Te Mahia
and sees his desire
that is Rongomai
Come young man dive
for the paua belonging to Tangaroa
and give them to Rongomaiwahine
of Nukutaurua.


Nähau rä Kahungunu
Tangata whakanene
Na te päua
I raru ana koe Rongomai e
Maranga mai e hine
Ka ha ere täua e
Ki Maramatea
O Nukutaurua e.


It was you Kahungunu,
man of smooth manner
'twas the paua
that defeated you Rongomai
Come young lady
Let us two travel
to Maramatea
of Nukutaurua.

 

 

 

 

Tama ngäkau märie
Tama a te Atua
Tënei tonu mätou
Arohaina mai

Murua rä ngä hara
Wetekina mai
Ënei here kino
Wakararu nei.

Takahia ki raro
Tau e kino ai
Kei pä kaha tonu
Ko nga mahi hë.

Hömai he aroha
Möu i mate nei
Tënei ra e Ihu
Täkina e koe

Tënei arahina
A tutuki noa
Puta i te pöuri
Whiwhi hari nui.

         

Son of peace
Son of God
here we are always.
Show us compassion.

Wipe away our sins,
unshackle them
These evil ties
that are so troublesome.

Trample down
things evil to you
lest they gather strength,
all evil deeds.

Grant (that we may have) love
for You who died
(May) this be so Jesus,
(that) you lead us.

(May) this (then be); lead us
to the end, (so that we may)
overcome darkness
and attain paradise.