Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Oh, they say people come, say people go
– Aue, ka mea ratou haere mai te iwi, ka mea haere te iwi
This particular diamond was extra special
– He tino motuhake tēnei taimana
And though you might be gone, and the world may not know
– Ahakoa kua ngaro pea koe, a kaore pea te ao e mohio
Still I see you celestial
– Kei te kite tonu ahau i a koe i runga i te rangi
Like a lion you ran, a goddess you rolled
– Ka rite ki te raiona i rere koe, he atua i hurihia e koe
Like an eagle you circled in perfect purple
– Ka rite ki te ekara ka huri koe i te puru tino pai
So how come things move on? How come cars don’t slow?
– Na me pehea te haere mai o nga mea? Me pehea te haere mai o nga motuka kaore e puhoi?
When it feels like the end of my world
– Ka rite ki te mutunga o toku ao
When I should but I can’t let you go
– A no te kia ahau engari e kore e taea e ahau kia haere koe
But when I’m cold, cold
– Engari i te wā e makariri ana ahau, e makariri ana
Yeah, when I’m cold, cold
– Ae, ina he makariri ahau, he makariri
There’s a light that you give me when I’m in shadow
– He rama e homai ana e koe ki ahau ina kei roto ahau i te atarangi
There’s a feelin’ within me, everglow
– He whakaaro kei roto i ahau, e everglow
Like brothers in blood, sisters who ride
– Ka rite ki nga teina i roto i te toto, nga tuahine e eke ana
And we swore on that night we’d be friends ’til we die
– A ka oati mātou i taua pō ka noho mātou hei hoa ‘ ki te mate mātou
But the changin’ of winds and the way waters flow
– Engari ko te huri o te hau me te rere o te wai
Life is short as the fallin’ of snow
– He poto te ora i te wa e hinga ana te hukarere
And now I’m gonna miss you, I know
– Na inaianei ka mihi ahau ki a koe, e mohio ana ahau
But when I’m cold, cold
– Engari i te wā e makariri ana ahau, e makariri ana
In water rolled, salt
– I roto i te wai hurihia, tote
And I know that you’re with me and the way you will show
– A e mohio ana ahau kei a au koe me te huarahi e whakaatu ai koe
And you’re with me wherever I go
– A kei ahau koe i nga wahi katoa e haere ana ahau
And you give me this feelin’, this everglow
– A ka hoatu e koe ki ahau tenei mana’o’, tenei mura tonu
Oh, what I wouldn’t give for just a moment to hold
– Aue, ko te mea e kore e hoatu e ahau mo te wa poto ki te pupuri
Yeah, I live for this feelin’, this everglow
– Ae, e ora ana ahau mō tēnei whakaaro, tēnei māramatanga tonu
So if you love someone, you should let them know
– Na, ki te aroha koe ki tētahi, me whakamōhio atu koe ki a rātou
Oh, the light that you left me will everglow
– Aue, ka mura tonu te marama i mahue i a koe i ahau
