Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Now I’ve heard there was a secret chord
– Na kua rongo ahau i reira ko te aho ngaro
That David played and it pleased the Lord
– I whakatangihia E Rawiri a i ahuareka ki A Ihowa
But you don’t really care for music, do ya?
– Engari kāore koe i te tino careangawanga ki te waiata, e pai ana koe?
It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth
– Ka rite ki tenei, te tuawha, te rima
The minor fall, the major lift
– Te hinga iti, te whakatika nui
The baffled king composing “Hallelujah”
– Ko te kingi whakakeke e hanga ana ” Haleluia”
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Your faith was strong, but you needed proof
– He kaha to whakapono, engari e hiahia ana koe ki te tohu
You saw her bathing on the roof
– I kite koe i a ia e kaukau ana i runga i te tuanui
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew ya
– Ko tōna ataahua me te marama marama i whakaheke i a ya
She tied you to a kitchen chair
– I herea koe e ia ki te tūru kīhini
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
– I wahia e ia tō torona ā i tapahia e ia ō makawe
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
– Na ka kumea e ia te Haleluia i your ngutu
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
You say I took the name in vain
– Ka mea koe i tangohia e ahau te ingoa i roto i te kore
I don’t even know the name
– Kāore au i te mōhio ki te ingoa
But if I did, well, really, what’s it to ya?
– Engari ki te mea i mahia e au, he pai, he aha te mea ki a koe?
There’s a blaze of light in every word
– He rama kei roto i nga kupu katoa
It doesn’t matter which you heard
– Kaore he mea nui i rongo koe
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
– Ko Te Haleluia tapu, ko Te Haleluia pakaru rānei
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
I did my best, it wasn’t much
– I pai taku mahi, ehara i te mea nui
I couldn’t feel, so I tried to touch
– Kāore au i te mōhio, nō reira i whakamātau ahau ki te pa atu
I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool ya
– Kua korerotia e ahau te pono, kihai I haere mai ahau ki te tinihanga ia koutou
And even though it all went wrong
– Ahakoa i hē katoa
I’ll stand before the lord of song
– Ka tu ahau ki te aroaro o te ariki o te waiata
With nothing on my tongue but hallelujah
– Kahore he mea i runga i toku arero engari ko haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Baby, I’ve been here before
– E te tamaiti, kua tae mai ahau ki konei i mua
I know this room, I’ve walked this floor
– E mohio ana ahau ki tenei ruma, kua haere ahau i tenei papa
I used to live alone before I knew ya
– I noho mokemoke ahau i mua I taku mōhiotanga ki a koe
And I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
– A kua kite ahau i tō haki i runga i techure kōhatu
Love is not a victory march
– Ehara te aroha i te hīkoi wikitoria
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
– He makariri he Haleluia pakaru
There was a time you let me know
– He wā i whakamōhio mai ai koe ki ahau
What’s really going on below
– He aha te mea e tupu ana i raro nei
But now you never show it to me, do ya?
– Otiia inaianei e kore koe e whakaatu i te reira ki ahau, e koe?
And remember when I moved in you
– A kia mahara ki te wā i neke atu ai ahau ki roto i a koe
The holy dove was moving too
– I neke hoki te kukupa tapu
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah
– A ko Nga manawa katoa i hutia e matou Ko Haleluia
Maybe there’s a God above
– Tērā Pea He Atua kei runga
But all I’ve ever learned from love
– Engari ko nga mea katoa i akohia e au mai i te aroha
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew ya
– Ko te pehea ki te kopere i te tangata nei outdrew ya
And it’s not a cry that you hear at night
– A ehara i te mea he tangi e rongo ana koe i te po
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light
– Ehara i te tangata e kite ana i te marama
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
– He makariri he Haleluia pakaru
