Ka Piki Au

Maori lyrics

Ka piki au piki akePiki ake au ki te taumata rā o MarotiriKa titiro iho au ki ngā huarahiI haere ai aku mātua tīpunaKi te kimi oranga i ngā takutai a Ruataupare eHoatu ai koeHoatu ai koe ki te tapa o te taiE kīa nei eKo Tāpātai eRokohanga atu rāRokohanga atu rā te pupūtanga mai o ngā waioraTapahina tonuhia ko te WaipūpūWhiti atu koe e hika ki te Waihoa eTe waihotanga maiTe waihotanga mai a rātou māI ngā tohu taurangaKo Pōhaitapu ki te Toka-ā-namuTe whare puni o Tangikūkū eKo WaimarinoKo Waimarino te ūnga mai rā o ngā waka hoe hoeHei āhurutanga i ngā hau o te Tonga eKa eke Tangaroa eke PanukuKa eke Tangaroa i marae ekeKai atu ō mata ki te Māwhai eTe marae tāngata o ngā rā o muaE hura ō kaniho ki TangoiroKa ripo te moana ki MaraheaE mau ō ngutu ki te pewa pāuaKo te mana tēnaO Tokoroa hei Tokoroa heiKa minamina au ki te kai mātai eKa heke iho au ki TāhunaroaTakahanga waewae nōhau eKi ngā rurukutangaKi ngā rurukutanga a te AokauirangiI whāngai mai ki te kāwai tāngataTe tohu ki utaTe tohu ki uta ko te pito o PiutaPuta atu tō ihuKi te wai whakaata eKo te AriuruKo Te Ariuru Te WaitakeaoKo Tawarirangi te wahine tipuaKo wai ka tohuKo wai ka huaE hiki ō wae ki Ōtairi eKi ngā rua kouraKi ngā rua koura a te ParengaioTe tohutanga a te Whaitakuta eMatehia inu koe ko KoutunuiKei raro tonu iho i Tawhiti a PaoaWhatinga atu koeKa hāhātia mai eE noho tāuaE noho tāua te karaka tēneiTerenga mai o te Rāwhiti eWhakatika e hikaWhakatika e hika ka haere tāuaKi te hauta noa kia kitea koeE ngā kōhanga manu eE kore te tangataE kore te tangata e hapa te haereMehemea he uriNā Ruataupare he wahine toaHĪ HĪ HĀ HĀ HEI