
[Spoken] "Ki te raranga koe i ngā whenu ka panoni te āhua. Ka nui ake, ka ataahua ake. Pēnei i te whāriki taonga. He pēnei hoki ngā hononga tangata. Ki te whakaaro koe." [Verse 1] Haere mai, haere atu, tere, kātahi ka pōturi – ka rere tonu. Pēhia, whakawhiti, hā manawanui – ka raranga. Ka tipu tonu te oranga, ahakoa koretake te mōhio – ka anga whakamua. Noho, wehe rānei, e patuki tonu ana te ngākau – marama tonu. [Chorus] Ka honoa he whenu anō. Ka kaha ake, ka mātotoru te papanga. Ahakoa haere ki hea, ko koe tonu tētahi wāhanga. Ka haere koe, ki hea rānei, kua mōhiotia kē e tōku ngākau. Ka wehe au, ka kite au kei konei tonu koe, kei tōku taha. [Verse 2] Ka herea tātou, i ngā rā pai me ngā rā kino – e kitea ana. I ngā rā māmā, i ngā whakamātautau – i whiriwhiri tonu tātou. Kia noho tata, e taku tamāhine, e taku tungāne – ka tū te wā. Ka awhi mai te wā, me he tamariki, ka tō mai – nō te mea, e mōhio ana tātou. [Chorus] Ka honoa he whenu anō. Ka kaha ake, ka mātotoru te papanga. Ahakoa haere ki hea, ko koe tonu tētahi wāhanga. Ka haere koe, ki hea rānei, kua mōhiotia kē e tōku ngākau. Ka wehe au, ka kite au kei konei tonu koe, kei tōku taha. [Bridge] He wāhanga tātou nō tētahi mea ataahua. Nā tātou i hanga ngātahi. Ka hanga ngātahi anō tātou. Mai ināianei, mō ake tonu atu. I runga, i raro, i roto, i waho. [Chorus] Ka honoa he whenu anō. Ka kaha ake, ka mātotoru te papanga. Ahakoa haere ki hea, ko koe tonu tētahi wāhanga. Ka haere koe, ki hea rānei, kua mōhiotia kē e tōku ngākau. Ka wehe au, ka kite au kei konei tonu koe, kei tōku taha.

