[Māori] Unshaken
by Swifin Echoes
Afrobeats + Coupé-Décalé + Gospel
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Lyrics
[Intro — Gentle, Reverent, Building] Aue, Te Matua Nui, I runga i te whenua, i tua o te rā. Ka hinga te ao, ka tū tonu, Tōu torona tapu, kī tonu i te mana. Hāleluia, hāleluia, Kei te noho tonu koe. Hāleluia, hāleluia, Tō mātou whakamarumaru. [Verse 1 — Refuge in the Storm] I a Koe, e te Ariki, ka tau taku wairua, He piringa mōku i te wā e whakamātauria ana. He aha ahau e oma ai ki ngā taumata, Pērā i te manu e rere ana i te pō. Ka kōrero te mōrearea, "Rere atu," Ka hoatu e tō aroaro te kaha kia noho tonu. Ehara taku māia i te rere, Engari i te Ariki, taku marama whakaora. [Verse 2 — Arrows in the Darkness] Titiro ki te hunga kino, te kukume i ō rātou kopere, Ngā pere kua whāia e te pō. I raro i te marumaru o te pō, E whai ana rātou i ngā ngākau mā. Ka whakatuma te pono, ka whati te tika, Ka kī te hunga tika, "He aha te toenga?" Ka ū tonu tō mana rangatira. [Pre-Chorus — Faith Above Fear] Ka rū te whenua i raro i a mātou, Ka pakaru te ao i a mātou, Ka pūmau koe, e pono tonu, Ko koe anake te tūmanako. [Chorus — Unshaken] Kāore e taea te whakangaueue, Ka tū tonu tō torona! I runga ake i te rangi, e noho ana, Ka kite koe i a mātou katoa. Kāore e taea te whakangaueue, Tō mātou whakamarumaru i te pō. Ka hinga ngā pou o te whenua, Ka tū koe i te marama tapu. Aue, ake tonu koe e noho ana, I roto i te ahi, i roto i te ua. Kāore e taea te whakangaueue, Ko tō mātou Atua tonu te taua! [Verse 3 — The Holy Throne] I roto i tōu wāhi tapu, Ka noho koe i te kororia me te atawhai. Tōu torona rangatira kei tua o te rangi, Kāore he mea huna i tō whakakitenga. Ka rapu koe i te hohonutanga o ia wairua, Ia whakaaro huna, ia kaupapa huna. Kāore he ngākau tangata e huna i a koe, Ka whiria e koe, i te marama pai. [Verse 4 — The Testing of Hearts] Ka titiro koe ki te tika, ki te hē, Ka kitea ngā ngākau i raro i ōu hihi. Ka whakamātauria te hunga pono, ka whakamau i ō rātou ara, Mā ngā whakamātau, ka whakapai i ō rātou waiata whakamoemiti. Engari te hunga e aroha ana ki te tutu, Ngā ngākau e koa ana i te mamae o ētahi, Ka tahuri tō āhua tapu i a rātou, Kāore te kino e taea te whai i tō ara. [Pre-Chorus — The Righteous Judge] Ka mōhio koe ki ngā ngākau katoa, Ia tamāhine, ia tama. Ka rere te atawhai, engari ka tū te tika, Kei ō ringa te ao katoa. [Chorus — Unshaken] Kāore e taea te whakangaueue, Ka tū tonu tō torona! I runga ake i te rangi, e noho ana, Ka kite koe i a mātou katoa. Kāore e taea te whakangaueue, Tō mātou whakamarumaru i te pō. Ka hinga ngā pou o te whenua, Ka tū koe i te marama tapu. Aue, ake tonu koe e noho ana, I roto i te ahi, i roto i te ua. Kāore e taea te whakangaueue, Ko tō mātou Atua tonu te taua! [Verse 5 — The Judgment of Evil] Ka taka te whakawa ki runga i te hunga kino, Pērā i te pāpāho tahuna mai i ōu ruma. Te hūpē, te ahi mai i runga, Ko te whakahoki ki te tutu e aroha ana rātou. Ka whakakiia tō rātou kapu e te hau wera, Te wāhi kawa kua whakaritea. Kāore he pōuri huna e taea te tū, I mua i tō whakawa, he tika, he mā. [Verse 6 — The Promise of His Face] Mōu e te Ariki, te tika, te marama, He mārama tōu whakawa, he tika tonu. E aroha ana koe ki ngā mahi pono me te atawhai, Me te whakahonore i te hunga e whai ana i ō huarahi. Ka kite te hunga tika i tōu mata, Ka tū i mua i tō torona atawhai. I tua atu i ngā atarangi, te wehi, me te pō, Ka kitea tōu kororia e whiti ana. [Bridge — Inoi Ka Hinga Ngā Pūtake] E te Atua o te rangi, whakarongo mai, Ka mimiti ngā tūmanako o te ao nei. Ka rū ngā pūtake i raro i ō mātou waewae, Kāore he rerenga, kāore he piringa. Tirohia ngā ngākau, whakapai ngā ara, Whakamāmā i a mātou i ngā rā whakamātautau. Kaua e waiho kia whakamutua te wā, Hei Kaiwhakaora, hei Hoa mō mātou. Aroha ki te Kōwhiringa, te Tama tapu, Ihu Karaiti, tōu Tama Aroha. Māna e whakaora te wairua ngaro, Whakatika, whakaora mātou katoa. Ā, whakaorangia mātou, e te Ariki, whakahouhia, Ahakoa ngā mamae, ngā pouritanga. I roto i a Ihu Karaiti, e ū ana te tūmanako, Tōu aroha, tōu atawhai, e mau tonu ana. [Final Chorus — Wikitōria, Katoa te Tira Waiata] Kāore e ngū, kāore e ngū, Kāore rawa tōu torona e hinga! I runga i ngā rangi, e noho ana, E kite ana, e whakarite ana i a mātou katoa. Kāore e ngū, kāore e ngū, Te piringa i roto i te pō. Ka hinga ngā pou o te ao nei, E tū ana koe i te mārama tapu. Ka aroha koe ki te tika, ki te pono, Ka tahuri ngā ngākau ki a koe. Ka kite te tika i tōu mata, Ka noho i roto i tōu atawhai tapu. Kāore e ngū, kāore e ngū, Ka mau tonu koe! Mai i tēnei whakatipuranga ki tērā, Ka kī tonu tōu tika! [Outro — Ngāwari, Inoi] Ka hinga ngā pūtake, e tū ana koe. Ka ara ngā ātārangi, e noho ana koe. Ka whakamātautauria ngā ngākau, whakarongo ki te inoi, E te Atua o te rangi, tutaki mai. Mā roto i a Ihu Karaiti, whakaorangia, Whakaatu tōu pono, tōu t