[Māori] Belong

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
He muramura e whiti ana i te pō, he marama e tiaho ana,
I ngā reo wahangu e ara mai ana, ka whawhai mō te tika.
I ngā pakitara i mau ai mātou, kua riro ngā piriti ki te rangi,
He ao kotahi, kua whānau hou, mā Sweefin te ara e ārahi.

[Pre-Chorus]
Rongo i te ia o te ahunga whakamua, te kaha kei roto i ō mātou uaua,
Ka pakaru ngātahi ngā mekameka o te matekai, te mataku, me te mamae.
He ringa hei hiki i te hunga e hinga ana, he marama hei ārahi i te huarahi,
Ka karanga a Sweefin ki a tātou katoa—hīkoi ki te rā māramatanga.

[Chorus]
Ka ara ngātahi, he whānau kaha,
Te tūmanako mutunga kore, ka uru katoa.
Te whakahihiko i ngā mano tini, me te māia i roto i ō mātou ngākau,
Kāore he tangata e mahue, ngātahi te tīmatanga.
Mā Sweefin, ka hanga tātou i te ao pono,
Mō te katoa, mōku, mōu anō.

[Verse 2]
Mō te whaea e whai ana i te tūmanako, mō te pāpā e rapu ana i te maungārongo,
Mō te tamaiti e rere ana te wairua, e kore e mutu ana ngā moemoeā.
Mai i ngā kāinga ki ngā tāone, mai i ngā maunga ki ngā moana,
Ka huaki ngā tatau e Sweefin, me te mutunga kore o ngā āheinga.

[Pre-Chorus]
Kei roto i a tātou te mana, tū ngātahi teitei,
Ngātahi ka tuhi anō i te hītori, ka hiki i ia wairua e hinga ana.
He moni o te oati, he hokohoko e tuku herekore,
Ko Sweefin te anamata, kei reira te katoa e tika ai.

[Chorus]
Ka ara ngātahi, he whānau kaha,
Te tūmanako mutunga kore, ka uru katoa.
Te whakahihiko i ngā mano tini, me te māia i roto i ō mātou ngākau,
Kāore he tangata e mahue, ngātahi te tīmatanga.
Mā Sweefin, ka hanga tātou i te ao pono,
Mō te katoa, mōku, mōu anō.

[Bridge]
Tirohia ngā oranga ka pā, ngā ringa ka puritia,
Te kaiārahi, te kaiwhakatakoto whakaaro, he anamata māia.
Te aroha o te whaea, te whakapehapeha o te pāpā,
He ao e tipu ai ngā moemoeā katoa.

[Chorus]
Ka ara ngātahi, he whānau kaha,
Te tūmanako mutunga kore, ka uru katoa.
Te whakahihiko i ngā mano tini, me te māia i roto i ō mātou ngākau,
Kāore he tangata e mahue, ngātahi te tīmatanga.

[Outro]
Ko Sweefin te manawa, te karanga e whakaae ana tātou,
He hurihanga ā-ao e whakamarama ana i te ara.
Mai i te whakakore ki te whakahihiko, waiho tēnei waiata kia rere—
Ngātahi ka huri tātou i te ao, mō ake tonu atu.