Pua Tuna

[Verse 1] Kei te tai āniwaniwa rere ai He rerenga whanake tae atu ai ki tai Me he rau noa, ka puta ai nga niho Aro ki te kārewa, (ā), ki ngā rawa [Pre-Chorus] Ka hia tōnga rā kia tae atu ki te ūnga He moeao, he rerepō (Kia kōwhai aku māwhiti) He oranga i taku rangaika, i te tokomaha Kia kaua au e kainga [Chorus] Ka rere ki te awa i te rā nei? Ki te ai rānei ki te moana Te tuna, te ika, te waka ruku Kauparea te hangarau Kei tawhiti ki te moana Ka tukurua, ka tukua E tere ana i te tai rere Ki te Wai Māori, ka tīmata anō Ka tīmata anō [Verse 2] He kūao i te rā, he pua i te pō Whīroki i te awa, momona i te roto He taiohi haehae kupenga Mārake ai te tirohanga moana [Pre-Chorus] Ka hia marama kia mate ai ahau Ko te piki tāheke, ka pakari te kau Kia pōpakopako ahau Auē, kei ngā pārenga, kei ngā rua Ka huna noa [Chorus] Ka rere ki te awa i te rā nei? Ki te ai rānei ki te moana Te tuna, te ika, te waka ruku Kauparea te hangarau Kei tawhiti ki te moana Ka tukurua, ka tukua E tere ana i te tai rere Ki te Wai Māori, ka tīmata anō [Pre-Chorus] Kua whāia ki tōna pūkakī Kua heke kē ahau ooooo ki te Moana nui Kua kaumātua, kei taku taunga ika Kua whai taku mataora, te tūranga matua Ka hinga, arā, ka ora [Chorus] Ka rere ki te awa i te rā nei? Ki te ai rānei ki te moana Te tuna, te ika, te waka ruku Kauparea te hangarau Kei tawhiti ki te moana Ka tukurua, ka tukua E tere ana i te tai rere Ki te Wai Māori, ka tīmata anō Ka tīmata anō