A ra ra! Ka panapana, A ha ha
Lo, it is throbbing! A ha ha!

Ka rekareka tonu taku ngakau
Constantly delighting my heart

Ki nga mana ririki i pohatu whakapiri
with the small forces knocking together

Kia haramai te takitini,
May there be multitudes of them bursting in

Kia haramai te takimano,
thousands of them irrupting.

Kia paretaitokotia ki Rawhiti!
May they flow to the Eastern Sea.

Hi! Ha!

He mamae, he mamae! A ha ha!
Yearning, pining! A ha ha!

Ka haere, ka haere taku powhiri
My invitation goes out

Ki te Tai Whakarunga!
To the Southern Sea!

Hoki mai, hoki mai taku tinana!
Come back, come back to my body!

Ka haere, ka haere taku powhiri
My invitation goes out

Ki te Tai Whakararo!
To the Northern Sea!

Hoki mai, hoki mai taku tinana!
Come back, come back to my body!

Kia huri au ki te tai whakatu a Kupe
I turn to the sea which Kupe raised up

Ki te tai o Matawhero i motu mai!
To the sea which breaks at Gisborne!

E ko te hoariri ki roto i aku ringa,
The assailant in my arms is digging,

Kutia rawatia kia pari tona ihu!
He'll be squeezed, choked, until his nose is flowing!

Hi! ha! Aue ana! Kss! Kss! Hei!
Hi! Ah! Oh keep going! Kss! Kss! Hei

Kia whakanga hoki au i ahau
Now let me rest awhile...

I aue! Hei!
Oh! Ahhh!

Ko Ruaumoko e ngunguru nei!
Hi Au! Au ! Aue ha!
Ko Ruaumoko e ngunguru nei!
Hi Au! Au! Aue ha!
I aha aha

The rumbling of the Earthquake Demon
Hi Au! Au ! Aue ha!
It is Ruaumoko who trembles and stirs!
Hi Au! Au! Aue ha!
I aha aha

E ko te rakau a Tu-nga-werewere! I ha ha!
He rakau tapu na Tutaua ki a Uenuku.
I patukia ki te tipua ki o Rangitopeka,
Pakaru te upoko o Rangitopeka,
Patua ki waenganui o te tau ki Hikurangi,
He toka whakairo e tu ake nei.
He atua! He tangata! He atua! He tangata, ho!
He atua, he atua, tau Paretaitoko.

It is the rod of Tu the Suspended One!
A sacred rod given by Tutaua to Uenuku.
It strikes the monster Rangitopeka,
It breaks Rangitopeka's head
Splitting the ridge of Hikurangi,
from where a carved rock emerges.
It is divine ..human ..divine ..human, Oh!
Divine! divine! strange Paretai-toko.

Kia kitea e Paretaitoko te whare haunga!
I ha ha! Kia whakatete mai o rei, he kuri! Au!
I Ahaha
Na wai parehua taku hope kia whakaka te rangi
Kia tare au! Hi!
He roha te kawau!
Hi!

Paretai-toko sees the musky house
Ah ha! where the dog is ready to bite! Ah!
Ah, Haa!
In my ecstasy I see the sky enflamed
I gasp for breath! Ah!
A soaring cormorant !
Yeah!

Kei te pou tara
Tu ka tete, ka tete! Tau ha!
Ko komako, ko komako!
E ko te hau tapu
e rite ki te kai na Matariki pakia,
Tapa reireia koi tapa!
Tapa kononua kaiana tukua!

The rod drives deep
Keep grinding, grinding away! Attacking!
Then the bellbird sings!
The sacred wind blows gently
like the food of the stars (clap)

KIA WIRI!
Start quivering your hands!

TU WHAKAMAUA!
Stand sure,

KIA TINA!
Be firm!

Tina!
Firm!

Hui e!
Get together!

Taiki e!!
Intermesh with each other!

I TE TĪMATANGA
In the beginning

KO TE KORE*
there was nothingness,

Ko Te Pō-nui
then great dark forms

Ko Te Pō-roa
in the long night.

Ia, ha ha!

Wehenga mātua
The separation of our parents

Herenga tāngata
The binding together of mankind

He toa rangatahi
Young warriors

He toa rangatira.
Noble warrior

Whakaki te maunga
Aim for the mountain

Tae ki te whenua
to arrive at the plain,

Hoki ki te rangi
and also for the sky

Tae ki te pukerunga
to arrive at the hilltop

Ia, ha ha!

Piki ake, piki ake
Keep on climbing

Ki te ara poutama
via the pathway of wisdom,

Ki ngā taumatatanga
to achieve excellence

e Wairua,
spiritually,

Hinengaro
mentally,

Tinana
physically.

Aue, aue, aue, hi!