[Intro] A
[Primeira Parte]
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Tatou o tagata folau e vala’auina
(We are voyagers summoned)
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E le atua o le sami tele e o mai
(By the great god of the sea)
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Ia ava’e le lu’itau e lelei
(We take on that good challenge)
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Tapenapena
(Get ready)
[Refrão 1]
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Aue, aue
(Oh! oh!)
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Nuku i mua
(Move forward)
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Te manulele e tataki e
(The birds will lead us there)
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Aue, aue
(Oh! oh!)
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Te fenua, te malie
(This beautiful land, this peace)
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Nae ko hakilia mo kaiga e
(We will make our home here)
[Segunda Parte]
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We read the wind and the sky when the sun
Is high
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We sail the length of the seas on the
Ocean breeze
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At night, we name every star
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We know where we are
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We know who we are, who we are
[Refrão 2]
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Aue, aue
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We set a course to find
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A brand new island everywhere we roam
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Aue, aue
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We keep our island in our mind
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And when it's time to find home
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We know the way
[Refrão 3]
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Aue, aue
F#m E
We are explorers reading every sign
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We tell the stories of our elders
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In the never ending chain
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Aue, aue
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Te fenua, te mālie
(This beautiful land, this peace)
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Nā heko hakilia
(We will make our home here)
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We know the way
