Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I’m supposed to choose a suitor to wear the crown
– Me whiriwhiri e au he kaitono hei mau i te karauna
I said I would choose as soon as I weave this shroud
– Ka mea ahau ka whiriwhiri ahau i te wa e whatu ana ahau i tenei kakahu
They don’t know that every night
– Kāore rātou e mōhio i ia pō
I unthread all the work I’ve done
– Ka tukuna e au nga mahi katoa i mahia e au
‘Cause I’d rather lie
– ‘No te mea he pai ake taku teka
Than allow them to think they’ve won
– Than tukua ratou ki te whakaaro kua riro ratou
Though I never thought that I’d resort to this
– Ahakoa kaore au i whakaaro ka uru atu ahau ki tenei
Just know I’ll be here
– Kia mōhio mai ka noho au ki konei
But I don’t know how much longer I’ll last
– Engari kaore au i te mohio he aha te roa o taku noho
Since we saw that storm
– Mai i te kitenga o taua tupuhi
And though it was so close to our kingdom
– A ahakoa he tata rawa ki to tatou rangatiratanga
It was far from the norm
– He tawhiti atu i te tikanga
Unless
– Ki te kore
Oh, could it be some kind of sign
– Aue, i taea e te reira i te tahi ahua o te tohu
That my world is all about to change?
– Kei te huri katoa taku ao?
Is it finally time for the challenge I arranged?
– Kua tae ki te wā mō te wero i whakaritea e au?
Though I never thought that it would come to this
– Ahakoa kaore au I whakaaro ka tae mai ki tenei
Just know I’ll be here, buying you time
– Just mohio ka waiho ahau i konei, te hoko koe time
Time is fleeting, it’s running out
– He poto te wā, kua pau
Time to be the man of the house
– Time ki te kia te tangata o te whare
Oh, buying you time
– Aue, te hoko koe time
Time is fleeting, it’s running out
– He poto te wā, kua pau
Time to be the man of the house
– Time ki te kia te tangata o te whare
Whoever can string my husband’s old bow
– Ko te tangata e taea te aho i te kopere tawhito o taku tahu
And shoot through twelve axes cleanly
– Me te kopere i roto i te tekau ma rua nga toki ma
Will be the new king, sit down at the throne
– Ka waiho hei kingi hou, noho ki te torona
And rule with me as his queen
– Me te whakahaere i ahau hei kuini
Let the arrow fly
– Kia rere te pere
Once you know that your aim is true
– Kia mohio koe he pono to whaainga
‘Cause I’d rather die
– ‘No te mea he pai ake taku mate
Than grow old without the best of you
– Than tupu koroheke kahore te pai o koutou
Though I never thought
– Ahakoa kaore au i whakaaro
That these would be the lengths we go for love
– Ko ēnei ngā roa e haere ana tātou mō te aroha
I would not have it any other way
– E kore ahau e whai i te reira tetahi atu ara
And though I never thought that it would end like this
– Ahakoa kāore au i whakaaro ka mutu tēnei
Just know I’ll be here
– Kia mōhio mai ka noho au ki konei
Waiting, waiting
– Te tatari, te tatari
Penelope
– Ko Penelope
Waiting, waiting
– Te tatari, te tatari
Penelope
– Ko Penelope
Waiting, waiting
– Te tatari, te tatari
Oh
– Aue
