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Page 12 - Ngaruawahia High School Kapa Haka USA Tour 1998

DOUBLE LONG POI

(Katoa)
(Repeat)

Tukua mai ra
E ngâ poi roa
E rua - e hine mâ
Hikoi haere ki mua
O te atamira tapu e
Titiro mai ra ki a matou
Ki ngâ poi nga poi roa
O te aroha

Bring forth your long pois
and walk forward onto
the stage

E huri ana ki te taha
Ngâ taharua ki mua
whakamuri e

(Kaea)

They're turning to t he sides,
forwards and backwards

AUE AUE RA
(Repeat) Aue e hine mâ
Ka reka to ataahua
Ka pai hoki - te whati ra
O ngâ hope - e aue

Look at our pois made full of love

Alas maidens
Your beauty
And the motions
of your body (hips)

Kanikani mai ana
Ngâ poi roa e rua
Kia raro, ki runga
O tô aue tinina

Dance my pois
below and above
my body

Tênei taku pâtai
Tâtou whakapiri ai
Ngâ poi me te Tirakau
Ki te hanga mai
Te Kanikani hou

This is what I want to know,
let us join together
our Tirakau and your poi
and make a new dance together

Ka noho tonu ana
Koutou ngâ tane, ngâ Kai toa
Ki whakamuri e

And you warrior remain
behind me to
complement me

Ko mâtou e ngâ hine
Ngâ kôtiro ka noho
Tonu, ki mua e

And we the maiden
will remain in front of you
to show our beauty

Aue e hine mâ
Ka reka to ataahua
Ka pai hoki - te whati ra
O ngâ hope - e aue
Tukua mai ra
E ngâ poi roa
E rua - e hine mâ
Hikoi haere ki mua
O te atamira tapu e