E Taku Huia Kaimanawa by TE KAAHU Lyrics

Kei whea rā koe e te tau?
Mokemoke nei ahau
Hotu ana te ngākau

E kore e warewaretia
Tukuna atu koe kia rerea
Ki tua o te ārai
Noho ki te pō

Tiakina mai hei korowai
Whakairotia ahau ki tō aroha
Tiwhatiwha te pō, tiwhatiwha te ao
He hononga tangata e kore e motu
Hoki mai rā e taku huia kaimanawa
E hoki mai rā taku huia kaimanawa

Kei konei tonu ahau
E apakura ana mōu auē

E kore e warewaretia
Tukuna atu koe kia rerea
Ki tua o te ārai
Noho ki te pō
Tiakina mai hei korowai
Whakairotia ahau ki tō aroha
Tiwhatiwha te pō, tiwhatiwha te ao
He hononga tangata e kore e motu
E taku huia kaimanawa
E hoki mai rā auē

(Translation into English)

Where are you my love?
I am lonely
With a throbbing heart

Never forgotten
I should release you to soar
Beyond the veil
To rest in the night

Guard me like a korowai
I’ve been ornamented with your love
Grief in the dark, grief in the light
Our bond cannot be severed
Return to me, my treasured one
Return to me, my treasured one

I am still here
Crying out for you
Never forgotten
I should release you to soar
Beyond the veil
To rest in the night

Guard me like a korowai
I’ve been ornamented with your love
Grief in the dark grief in the light
Our bond cannot be severed
My treasured one
Oh, return to me