Kotahi kapua ki te rangi
He marangai ki te whenua x2
Kua whiti te rā
Ki tua o Kahurangi
Kia kore koe e ngaro
Taku reo rangatira
Just one cloud in the sky can give
a lifegiving shower of rain on the land,
on the land.
Just one cloud in the sky can give
a lifegiving shower of rain on the land,
on the land.
The sun has shone
all over the blue sky
so that you will not be lost
my chiefly language