Symposium of Genius: Haka

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!