Te Tima Maori kia maia
Te Tima Maori kia wehi
Te Tima Maori kia kaha
Te Tima Maori kia toa
Te Tima Maori kia maia
Te Tima Maori kia wehi
Te Tima Maori kia kaha
Te Tima Maori kia toa

Ka hoe te waka taua
kei waho I te moana
Kia mau
kia ita
Pera ki kotou Tipuna
(Yes we’re moving
across the water
like our fathers before
we remain steadfast and sure.)

Ka tu he kotahi
tu tata mai
kia mihi a tu ki te Ao Katumaia I te paerangi
Tu tata mai
kia mihi a tu ki te Ao
Katumaia I te paerangi
(Unified together
we will greet the risen sun
shoulder to shoulder
heads up on the front line. We will greet the risen sun
shoulder to shoulder
heads up on the front line.)

Tata pau te wa
Hoki ki uta
kei reira ra
kei
reira ra
Te Ao Kohatu
I tu Rangatira nga Tipuna
Aoki mai
Aoki mai
(The clock is ticking
we reach into ourselves and there it is
there it is
there it is. Back in the past
where our people once did walk
now we’re running in
now we’re running in)

Ka tu he kotahi
tu tata mai
kia mihi a tu ki te Ao
Katumaia I te paerangi
Tu tata mai
kia mihi a tu ki te Ao
Katumaia I te paerangi
(Unified together
we will greet the risen sun
shoulder to shoulder
heads up on the front line. We will greet the risen sun
shoulder to shoulder
heads up on the front line.)

Kua hikina
te kohu
ka anga atu taku aro
ki te kainga
a ata titiro
ka tu te ihi ihi
ka tu te wana wana
mo te whenua e
mo to whenua e
(Our minds stay clear
frosty
our eyes are clear as days back home
concentration
concentration
concentration. Now give more than you can give
it’s getting closer for your nation)

Te Tima Maori kia maia
Te Tima Maori kia wehi
Te Tima Maori kia kaha
Te Tima Maori kia toa
Te Tima Maori kia maia
Te Tima Maori kia wehi
Te Tima Maori kia kaha
Te Tima Maori kia toa

Ka tu he kotahi
tu tata mai
kia mihi a tu ki te Ao
Katumaia I te paerangi
Tu tata mai
kia mihi a tu ki te Ao
Katumaia I te paerangi
Tu tata mai
kia mihi a tu ki te Ao
Katumaia I te paerangi
(Unified together
we will greet the risen sun
shoulder to shoulder
heads up on the front line. we will greet the risen sun
shoulder to shoulder
heads up on the front line.)