Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Slip inside the eye of your mind
– Te peke ki roto i te kanohi o tō hinengaro
Don’t you know you might find
– Kaore koe e mohio ka kitea pea e koe
A better place to play?
– He wahi pai ki te tākaro?
You said that you’d never been
– I mea koe e kore koe e waiho
But all the things that you’ve seen
– Engari ko nga mea katoa kua kite koe
Slowly fade away
– Ka ngaro haere
So I start a revolution from my bed
– Na ka tīmata ahau i tētahi hurihanga mai i taku moenga
‘Cause you said the brains I had went to my head
– ‘No te mea ka mea koe i te roro i haere ahau ki toku matenga
Step outside, summertime’s in bloom
– Hipanga ki waho, ko te raumati kei te puawai
Stand up beside the fireplace
– Tu ki te taha o te ahi
Take that look from off your face
– Tangohia e titiro i atu tou mata
You ain’t ever gonna burn my heart out
– E kore koe e tahu i toku ngakau
And so, Sally can wait
– Na, Ka taea e Sally te tatari
She knows it’s too late as we’re walkin’ on by
– E mōhio ana ia kua roa rawa te wā e haere ana mātou
Her soul slides away
– Ka rere atu tōna wairua
But “Don’t look back in anger,” I heard you say
– Engari kaua e titiro whakamuri i te riri, i rongo ahau i a koe e mea ana
Take me to the place where you go
– Kawea ahau ki te wahi e haere ai koe
Where nobody knows
– Ki te kore tetahi e mohio
If it’s night or day
– Mena he po he ra ranei
Please don’t put your life in the hands
– Tena koa kaua e hoatu to ora ki nga ringaringa
Of a rock ‘n’ roll band
– O tētahi rōpū rokiroki
Who’ll throw it all away
– Ko wai ka maka atu i te katoa
I’m gonna start a revolution from my bed
– Ka tīmata ahau i tētahi hurihanga mai i taku moenga
‘Cause you said the brains I had went to my head
– ‘No te mea ka mea koe i te roro i haere ahau ki toku matenga
Step outside, ’cause summertime’s in bloom
– Hipanga ki waho, ‘ meinga summertime o i roto i te puawai
Stand up beside the fireplace
– Tu ki te taha o te ahi
Take that look from off your face
– Tangohia e titiro i atu tou mata
‘Cause you ain’t ever gonna burn my heart out
– ‘No te mea e kore koe e tahu i toku ngakau i roto i
And so, Sally can wait
– Na, Ka taea e Sally te tatari
She knows it’s too late as she’s walking on by
– E mōhio ana ia kua roa rawa i a ia e haere ana
My soul slides away
– Ka rere atu toku wairua
But “Don’t look back in anger,” I heard you say
– Engari kaua e titiro whakamuri i te riri, i rongo ahau i a koe e mea ana
So, Sally can wait
– Na, Ka taea e Sally te tatari
She knows it’s too late as we’re walking on by
– E mōhio ana ia kua roa rawa te wā e haere ana mātou
Her soul slides away
– Ka rere atu tōna wairua
But “Don’t look back in anger,” I heard you say
– Engari kaua e titiro whakamuri i te riri, i rongo ahau i a koe e mea ana
So, Sally can wait
– Na, Ka taea e Sally te tatari
She knows it’s too late as she’s walking on by
– E mōhio ana ia kua roa rawa i a ia e haere ana
My soul slides away
– Ka rere atu toku wairua
But “Don’t look back in anger
– Engari ” Kaua e titiro whakamuri i te riri
Don’t look back in anger”
– Kaua e titiro whakamuri i te riri”
I heard you say
– I rongo ahau i a koe e mea ana
“At least not today”
– “I te iti rawa e kore e tenei ra”
