[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
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