Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Oh, woah
– Aue, e te
Oh, woah
– Aue, e te
Oh, woah, woah
– Aue, aue, aue
Oh, woah
– Aue, e te
Oh, woah
– Aue, e te
Oh, woah, woah
– Aue, aue, aue
You’re not heavy, I rocked you to sleep, I hold you for hours long
– Kaore koe i te taumaha, ka wiri ahau ki a koe kia moe, ka mau ahau ki a koe mo nga haora roa
Never heavy, I won’t let you weep
– Kaua rawa e taumaha, e kore ahau e tuku i a koe kia tangi
Hush, my child, you’re mine
– Kia ora, e taku tamaiti, ko koe taku
All my life, I try
– Toku ora katoa, tamata ahau
Oh, you were never heavy, light just like a feather
– Aue, e kore koe i taimaha, marama rite noa te huruhuru
I ran from the terror, the ground was red from the led
– I rere ahau i te wehi, he whero te whenua i te arahi
You were never scary, I knew you were special
– Kāore koe i mataku, i mōhio au he mea motuhake koe
My only intention, alone, I left to the west
– Ko taku whakaaro anake, ko au anake, i haere ki te uru
Then moved to the city, eight months, we were pregnant
– Kātahi ka neke ki te taone, e waru marama, kua hapū mātou
You came out so precious, in the snow, you would grow
– Haere mai koe i roto i na utu nui, i roto i te hukarere, e tupu koe
Your mama loves you, you’ll never be alone
– E aroha ana tō māmā ki a koe, e kore koe e noho mokemoke
Hush, my child, you’re mine (I know, I know, I know, hey)
– Kia ora, e taku tamaiti, ko koe taku (e mohio ana ahau, e mohio ana ahau, e mohio ana ahau, hei)
All my life, I try (Sorry, mama, sorry, mama, woah, woah)
– Toku ora katoa, tamata ahau (Pouri, mama, pouri, mama, woah, woah)
To keep you warm, when I go (I go, I feel so cold without you, mama, I feel so cold without you, woah)
– Kia mahana ai koe, ina haere ahau (ka haere ahau, ka tino makariri ahau ki waho i a koe, mama, ka tino makariri ahau ki waho i a koe, woah)
You’re still my child, don’t cry
– Ko koe tonu taku tamaiti, kaua e tangi
Death is nothing at all, it does not count
– Ko te mate kaore he mea, kaore e kiia
I have only slipped away into the next room
– Kua rere atu ahau ki te ruma e whai ake nei
Nothing has happened
– Kāore he mea i tupu
Everything remains exactly how it was
– Ko nga mea katoa e noho tonu ana i te ahua o taua mea
I am I and you are you
– Ko ahau ko ahau ko koe
And the old life that we lived so fondly together is untouched, unchanged
– A ko te oranga tawhito i noho tahi ai mātou, kāore i pāngia, kāore i huri
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still
– Ahakoa he aha ta tatou ki a tatou ano, kei a tatou tonu
Call me by the old, familiar name
– Karangatia ahau e te ingoa tawhito, e mohiotia ana
