15.4.06

Haka

A sport that is very close to my heart. Closer than football. And the team that will never be forgotten. They didn't invent the game but damn they showed the rest of the world how a nation has adopted a sport and is exemplary in professionalism and ferocity on the playing field.

The Haka. I like the second one better though. A Maori chant should be led by a Maori.





The lyrics for the Haka.
Old one:
Leader
KA MATE! KA MATE!
We're going to die! We're going to die!

Chorus
KA ORA, KA ORA!
We're going to live! We're going to live!

Leader
KA MATE! KA MATE!
We're going to die! We're going to die!

Chorus
KA ORA, KA ORA!
We're going to live! We're going to live!
All together
TENEI TE TANGATA PU'RU-HURU
This is the man, so hairy

NA'A NEI TIKI MAI WHAKA-WHITI TE ...
who fetched, and made shine the

... RA! HUPANE! KA-UPANE!
sun! Step upwards! Another ... !

A HUPANE! KA-UPANE!
Step upwards! Another... !


WHITI TE RA!
The sun shines!

HI !


New one:

Kapa o pango kia whakawhenua au i ahau!

Let me become one with the land
Hi aue, hi!


Ko Aotearoa e ngunguru nei!

Au, au, aue ha!
Ko Kapa o Pango e ngunguru nei!

Au, au, aue ha!

This is our land that rumbles

And it's my time! It's my moment!
This defines us as the All Blacks

It's my time! It's my moment!
I ahaha!


Ka tu te ihiihi

Ka tu te wanawana
Ki runga ki te rangi e tu iho nei, tu iho nei, hi!
Ponga ra!
Kapa o Pango, aue hi!
Ponga ra!

Kapa o Pango, aue hi, ha!

Our dominance

Our supremacy will triumph
And will be placed on high
Silver fern!
All Blacks!
Silver fern!

All Blacks!



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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

VERY NICE.