KA TAU TE RA’A
Me’e rahi no he matavai I paringi I oho ai
Mai te mata nehu nehu era o nua
Me’e rahi no te toto I tehe Te ati I tu’u mai ai
Te tangata I ngaro ai ki kainga ta’e reka e
Peira I kia hio ai I rote onge te hahau
Te ati te taipe e
Oira e
Ka mana’u mai koe ka tiaki mai koe
Ki a’amu atu au nei pehe
Raua I haka tere ai tatou I ora mai ena
Mo ma’u o’ou e ite a’amu ote haka ara nei e
Ka tau te ra’a e mai rote moana I tomo ai
Te va’e ote tangata ke he mauku I rote rima no I ma’u ai
E tahi hanere ote tangata I toe ai
E ote nu’u oho era ote rangi no I ite I kona he I muraki ai
E ku hanga ana au mo haka ite atu e
Ite a’amu nei e te taure’a re’a e
Ka mana’u mai koe ka tiaki mai koe
Ki a’amu atu au nei pehe raua I haka tere ai
Tatou I ora mai ena
Mo ma’u o’ou e ite a’amu ote haka ara nei e
Ka tau te ra’a e mai rote moana I tomo ai
Te va’e ote tangata ke he mauku I rote rima no I ma’u ai
E ka ma’u ra I tou re’o nei mo aro arote tokerau
Ko maua ko maua e ririva atu ena ka rau ka piere ite ao nei e
KA TAU TE RA’A
(Sunrise)
From tired eyes of grandmothers
Have fallen countless tears
Too much blood has spilt
From successive tragedies
Too many Rapanui disappeared
Into a heartless land
But still we survived
Through the misery and devastation
So wake up
Listen to how they survived
How we survived
Take with you the history of our people
Chorus
One sunrise they came from the blue
The feet of foreign man
For all that they stole
They held but grass in their hand
111 people left alive
Heaven knows where the others died
I want you the youth, to know
This history of our freedom denied
(Pre-chorus & Chorus)
Raise your voice above the wind
With a message clear and loud
Let the world know we’re still alive
Invincible and proud
