[Māori] The Gift We Bring

Lyrics

[Intro]

Hmmmm...

I mua i ngā maunga te mōhio,  
I mua i ngā moana te waiata,  

I whiwhi tātou i te ahi...  
Inaianei ka tuku ki te ao...

[Verse 1]

He ringa māhaki te mahi,  
He ngākau pono te whakaora,  
He rama te whenua pōuri,  
He mura te mea hou.  

He whakaako i ngā tamariki,  
He whakamarie i ngā kaumātua,  
He pupuri i te marama o te moemoeā,  
He utu nui rawa atu i te rangi.  

He taonga te oranga,  
He muramura te wairua,  
He rerekē ngā ara, engari ko te aroha te ngahere,  
Ko te mīharo te maumahara.  

[Pre-Chorus]

Tērā pea he haere noa,  
Tērā pea kāore e noho roa,  

Engari ko te atawhai te waiho,  
Hei ārahi i ētahi atu.  

[Chorus]

🌍 Kawea e tātou te taonga ki te ao,  
He marama mā tātou ki te whiti.  

He tūmanako mō āpōpō,  
He take mō te aroha.  

Ringa ki te ringa, ka ara tahi,  
He waiata kei te ngākau o tēnā, o tēnā.  

Ko te anamata kei roto i a tātou,  
Ko tātou ngā taonga kawea mai.  

[Verse 2]

He menemene ka tīmata te haerenga,  
He kupu ka huri te mutunga,  
He akoranga mō ngā kōrero āpōpō,  
He ringa ka whakakore i te riri.  

He mahi iti o te atawhai,  
Ka pā atu ki tawhiti,  
Ko ngā paoro mutunga kore,  
Ka roa i muri i a tātou.  

He moemoeā kua ara,  
He wehi kua tukuna,  
Ka whiti ake te ao,  
Ka whakatutuki i te tangata.  

[Pre-Chorus]

Ko ngā kākano i whakatō i ētahi atu,  
Ka tipu ki tua o te tirohanga,  

Ā, āpōpō,  
Ka waiho hei marama anō.  

[Chorus]

🌍 Kawea e tātou te taonga ki te ao,  
He marama mā tātou ki te whiti.  

He tūmanako mō āpōpō,  
He take mō te aroha.  

Ringa ki te ringa, ka ara tahi,  
He waiata kei te ngākau o tēnā, o tēnā.  

Ko te anamata kei roto i a tātou,  
Ko tātou ngā taonga kawea mai.  

[Bridge]

Whakatū tō reo,  
Whāia ō moemoeā,  
Āwhinatia ngā taha,  
Kia kite rātou i tō kitenga.  

Kāore he oranga kore tikanga,  
Kāore he wairua kore uara,  

Ko te taonga nui rawa,  
Ko te pai i mahue i runga i te whenua.  

[Final Chorus]

🌍 Kawea e tātou te taonga ki te ao,  
He marama mā tātou ki te whiti.  

He tūmanako mō āpōpō,  
He take mō te aroha.  

Ringa ki te ringa, ka ara tahi,  
He waiata kei te ngākau o tēnā, o tēnā.  

Ko te anamata kei roto i a tātou,  
Ko te anamata kei roto i a tātou,  
Ko te anamata kei roto i a tātou...  
Ko tātou ngā taonga kawea mai.  

[Outro]

Hmmmm...

Tukua ki te ao...  
Tukua te marama...