[Māori] Belong

Lyrics

[Verse 1]  
Tahi o te hope e tākiri ana i te pō, he tohu e whiti ana,  
Mai i ngā reo kore e piki ana, ka whawhai mātou mō te tika.  
I ngā pā e pupuni ana i a mātou, nāianei he piriti ki te rangi,  
He ao kotahi, e whānau hou ana, me Sweefin e tū ana.

[Pre-Chorus]  
Te pānui o te ahunga whakamua, te kaha i roto i ā mātou toto,  
I te taha tahi ka whawhai mātou i ngā here o te hiakai, te wehi, me te mamae.  
He ringa ki te hiki i te hunga kua hinga, he marama hei ārahi,  
Ka karanga a Sweefin ki a mātou katoa—whakatūria he rā māmā.

[Chorus]  
Ka piki mātou tahi, he whānau kaha,  
He tūmanako kāore e pau, ka noho katoa.  
E whakawhānui ana i ngā miriona, me te toa i roto i ā mātou ngākau,  
Kāore he tangata i mahue, ka tīmata tahi mātou.  
Mā Sweefin, ka hanga he ao pono,  
He nui mō te katoa, mō au me mō koe.

[Verse 2]  
Mō te whaea e whai ana i te hope, mō te matua e rapu ana i te rongo,  
Mō te tamaiti e piki ana tōna wairua, e kore e mutu ana tāna moemoeā.  
Mai i ngā kāinga ki ngā tāone, mai i ngā maunga ki ngā moana,  
Ka whakawātea a Sweefin i ngā tatau ki te katoa, me ngā āheinga mutunga kore.

[Pre-Chorus]  
Kei roto i a mātou te mana, e tū kotahi ana mātou,  
Ka tuhinga tahi mātou i te hītori, ka hiki i te wairua o te katoa.  
He moni o te kōwhiringa, he tauwhāinga e tuku ana i a mātou ki te rīko,  
Ko Sweefin te anamata, he wāhi e tika ana mō te katoa.

[Chorus]  
Ka piki mātou tahi, he whānau kaha,  
He tūmanako kāore e pau, ka noho katoa.  
E whakawhānui ana i ngā miriona, me te toa i roto i ā mātou ngākau,  
Kāore he tangata i mahue, ka tīmata tahi mātou.  
Mā Sweefin, ka hanga he ao pono,  
He nui mō te katoa, mō au me mō koe.

[Bridge]  
Tirohia ngā ora ka pā ki a mātou, ngā ringa ka mau,  
Te pāmu, te moemoeā, he anamata mīharo.  
Te aroha o te whaea, te whakahī o te matua,  
He ao e puāwaitia ana ngā moemoeā katoa.

[Chorus]  
Ka piki mātou tahi, he whānau kaha,  
He tūmanako kāore e pau, ka noho katoa.  
E whakawhānui ana i ngā miriona, me te toa i roto i ā mātou ngākau,  
Kāore he tangata i mahue, ka tīmata tahi mātou.

[Outro]  
Ko Sweefin te ngakau, te karanga ka whakarongo katoa,  
He hurihanga ao e whiti ana i te ara.  
Mai i te wehe ki te whakamana, me waiho tēnei himene ki te riro—  
Ka whakarerekē mātou i te ao, mō ake tonu atu.