Ehara i te Mea

Ehara i te mea

Nō nāianei te aroha

Nō nga tūpuna

Tuku iho, tuku iho

Te whenua, te whenua

Te oranga o te iwi

Nō nga tūpuna

Tuku iho, tuku iho

Whakapono, tumanako

Te aroha te aroha;

Nō nga tūpuna

Tuku iho, tuku iho.

Not the thing

of recent times, is love

but by the ancestors it has been

passed down, passed down.

From the land, the land

comes the wellbeing of the people;

by the ancestors it has been

passed down, passed down.

Faith, hope

and love;

by the ancestors they have been

passed down, passed down.