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作词 : Ria Hall/Te Raania Ormsby-Teki

作曲 : Ria Hall/Te Raania Ormsby-Teki

Matarehu te pōkere

Huna iho nei

Taku rua maioro

Te pō tē kitea

Taiwhanga noa

Mao te ua

Unuhia te pō

Maea ake a tūkāriri

A tūkāniwha

E ara e hika ē

Nāku te whakarehu

Te tahakura

Manawa rau

Manawa pōpore

Kia ū te manawarere

Hēōi anō rā te kōrero

E ai ki te rongo i o mātau pakeke

E kōrero ana

Ko te takenga mai o taua pakanga

Ki o rātau mahara

He whakatū pakanga noa iho

Nā te taha Pākehā i ērā wā

Kia whiwhi ai rātau tētahi kaupapa

Hei tango i te whenua

Vision obscured

’tis black

Within the trench

I see nothing but darkness

And I wait

The rain stops

Night is no more

Battle emerges

With fortitude

I bear witness

Arise

Here, in my dream

’tis a haze

I’m uneasy, apprehensive

Be still my heart

The rain stops

Night is no more

Battle emerges

With fortitude

I bear witness

Arise

However, upon listening to the discussions of our elders

The origin of the battle was to create a reason and was a premeditat-ed action by Pākehā to warrant confiscation of the land