Waiata-a-ringa (Action song)
Kapioioi e
Kaea: Ka
Pioioi e tohu aroha
Hau kainga
E hoki mai ra!!
All: E hoki mai ra, kia
kite atu I to iwi e
Kaea: E rotoroto ana
All: E rotarota ana, e
katakata ana mai ra
Kaea: Pukana whetero
All: Pukana whetero mai,
te ihi o matua
Kaea: Kia kite atu ano
All: Kia kite atu ano, I
to ataahua e kanapa ra
Kaea: Pupuhi ai e te hau
All: Pupuhi ai e te hau,
kapohia aku roimata
Kaea: Ka pioioi
All: Ka pioioi e tohu
aroha
Hau kainga
Kaea: Ka pioioi
All: Kapioioi e tohu
aroha
Hau kainga
Leader: (This) hip-swinging shows
the love (of your)
home-town people.
You’ve come back
All: (You've) come back
home
to see your people.
Leader: They are waving
All: They are waving their hands
and laughing (with delight) at your return.
Leader: That pukana
All: (Those) rolling eyes
(and) protruding tongues (show)
the feelings of the
(welcoming) contingent.
Leader: When I also see again
All: When I also see your
beauty
gleaming there
Leader: Caressed by the wind
All: caressed by the wind
my tears are snatched
away.
Leader: This hip swaying
All: (This) hip swaying shows the love
(of your)
home-town people.
i seem to see everyone leaves out the kupu āu after kia kite atu anō ...i tō ataahua e kanapara
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