[Māori] The Beat of Change

Lyrics

[Intro]  
Oh na-na, ka tū ki runga,  
Moemoeā ka kitea e ngā kanohi.  
Arataki a Swifin, honohono i ngā ao,  
Ka huri te raraunga hei taonga, kōrero ka mau.  
Kei te hokohoko a Mama, kei te tū te matakite a Papa.  
Ngā ara matihiko kei o mātou ringa,  
Kāore he aukati i runga i te whenua.  
Mai i te waea ki te ao whānui,  
Ka peke te moni i ngā whārangi.  
Ka mārama te marama a Swifin i ngā rārangi,  
Ka whakakaha i ngā ngākau, mātakitaki mai.

[Chorus]  
Oh-oh, mai i te raraunga ki te taonga ka eke,  
Kanikani me te tūmanako, ka tūtaki ngā anamata.  
Ka hāpai a Swifin i a mātou i te ao, i te pō,  
Ko te whakauru i te kaha ki ia pakanga.  
Oh-oh, te tangi o te panoni, ki te rongo,  
Ka rere te moni, whakarerea te mataku.  
Kāore he tangata mahue, ka taea te eke,  
Raraunga ki te taonga, ngā rangi tūwhera.  
Pāingia te mata, mātakitaki i te tipu o te waimarie,  
Ngā pakitara o nāianei, ka turakina.  
Whakakotahi i ngā iwi, honohono i ngā ngākau,  
He pana matihiko, te timatanga o te herekore.  
Ka ara ake ngā wāhine, e ārahi ana i te māramatanga,  
Ngā wairua rangatahi e tono ana i tō rātou tika.  
Ko te ara a Swifin he haumaru, he kaha,  
Ka huri te raraunga hei waiata.

[Bridge]  
Āe rā, kia neke te wairua,  
Kanikani mō te tūmanako, te moemoeā ka whakamana.  
E whā tekau ngā moni, kotahi te awhi,  
Mai i ngā kākano ā-rohe ki te ao whānui.

[Chorus]  
Oh-oh, mai i te raraunga ki te taonga ka eke,  
Kanikani me te tūmanako, ka tūtaki ngā anamata.  
Ka hāpai a Swifin i a mātou i te ao, i te pō,  
Ko te whakauru i te kaha ki ia pakanga.  
Oh-oh, te tangi o te panoni, ki te rongo,  
Ka rere te moni, whakarerea te mataku.  
Kāore he tangata mahue, ka taea te eke,  
Raraunga ki te taonga, ngā rangi tūwhera.

[Outro]  
Oh na-na, kia whakanui tātou,  
Ka whati ngā pakitara, kāore i te mutunga.  
Ka tiaho a Swifin, ngā kanohi ki te āpōpō,  
Mai i te raraunga ki te taonga, ka tukua te pōuri.  
Hikina ō ringa, kei te kanikani herekore,  
He ao mārama mōu, mōku.