I speak forward to the spirit of the great sea
To the waves to the sea foam to the sea’s many children
The children are singing the drifting songs of the ocean
They are the children of Tangaroa and the ocean of Kiwa!
Kōrero atu ana ahau ki te ia o te moana
Te Hukatai, Te Rehutai, ki ngā Ngaru ki ngā wai hukahuka
Tere rimurimu ki ngā tamariki o te moana e waiata nei
E waiata nei ngā iwi o Tangaroa o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa!
Te kāinga o aku tīpuna i kumea ai tōku ika
E Māui Tikitiki a Taranga
E kōkō ia, e ara e!
~ From Words of a Kaumātua by Haare Williams
