HAKA O TE RA - HAKA OF THE SUN/SON

Ka Mate Haka
Ka mate, ka mate! ka ora! ka ora!
Ka mate! ka mate! ka ora! ka ora!
Tēnei te tangata pūhuruhuru
Nāna nei i tiki mai whakawhiti te rā
Ā, upane! ka upane!
Ā, upane, ka upane, whiti te ra!

English translation of the Ka Mate Haka

I am dead! I am dead!
I am alive! I am alive!
I am dead! I am dead!
I am alive! I am alive!
Behold the one with the hair,
The one who retrieved
And relit the sun.
A step, then a step,
A step, then a step,
The sun shines!

Tis death! Tis death! Tis life! Tis life!
Tis death! Tis death! Tis life! Tis life!
This is the man
Who brought the sun and caused it to shine
A step upward, another step upward!
The Sun Shines!