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TITLE: Toanui WRITTEN BY : Karl Teariki
Moemoea, Toanui Moemoea, Toanui
Ka tangi te karoro o te moana I rongo ahau i tōu ingoa.
Kua tō te rā, kua haere mai ngā kapua, I rongo ahau i tōu ingoa
Mā te wā tōu wairua me tōku wairua Ka rere me ngā kāhu
Moemoea, Toanui Moemoea, Toanui
I ētahi wā ka titiro ahau ki te awa, I rongo ahau i tōu ingoa
I ētahi wā ka titiro ahau ki te awa, Ka rongo ahau i tōu ingoa
Mā te wā tōu wairua me tōku wairua Ka rere me ngā kāhu
Mā te wā, ka rerekē ngā tae o ngā whetū tirama Inā kanikani i mua i a koe
Mā te wā, ka kite anō koe i ōu kahurangi
Moemoea, Toanui Moemoea, Toanui
Dream Toanui Dream
As the seagull cries across the ocean I hear your name
The sky gets dark as the clouds roll by I hear your name
The time will come, When our spirits ascend skyward with the hawks
Dream Toanui Dream
Sometimes when I look to the ocean, I sense your name
Sometimes, when I look to the river I sense your name
One day, Our spirits will fly in the sky Just like hawks
One day the colours of the stars As they dance before you
One day you will see your treasured ones again,
Dream Toanui Dream