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Kuaka

from He Manu Anō by Aro

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KUAKA

Pakipaki pakipaki ngā pākau
E rere e rere toku ngākau

Ka tiro ake ki tua
O ngā hau e puhi nei
E kawea i ahau
Ki te pae tawhiti
Mā runga uenuku
Mā runga te tūmanako
Ka kawe au e ngā hau nei
I te ao i te pō

Ka eke panuku
Ka eke Tangaroa
Ka tika te rere ka pā ki te rangi e

E kī rā he māmā
Tē taea te aha hoki
He toa takitini
Ka eke noa
Whaia te kahurangi
Kia tata te pae tawhiti
Pakipaki pakipaki ngā pākau
E rere e rere tōku ngākau

Ka eke panuku
Ka eke Tangaroa
Ka tika te rere ka pā ki te rangi e
A tōnā wā
Ka tae ki uta
Ka tika te rere ka tae ki te whenua

BAR-TAILED GODWIT - A KUAKA TRANSLATION

Wings keep going
Heart keep flying

Made room for tomorrow
Don’t know how the wind will blow
Take me past the shallow
Into the deep
Where its heavy on the rainbow
Never mind those weary eyes
I don’t know how the wind blows
Through the night

I’ll fly high
We’ll touch the sky
We’ll keep flying until we touch the sky

Don’t tell me that it's easy
Don’t tell me that I'm in too deep
I’ll need you to keep me
When I leap
I’ll get there before I sleep
Until the horizon is near to me
Wings keep going
Heart keep flying

I’ll fly high
We’ll touch the sky
We’ll keep flying until we touch the sky
In due time
We’ll make it to shore
We’ll keep flying until we make it home

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from He Manu Anō, released August 26, 2020
Music and lyrics by Aro
Recorded from Aro Music Home Studio
Mixed and Mastered by Vivek Gabriel

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Blending Emily's honey-voiced jazz with Charles' full throated percussive sound with shades of haka, Aro's storytelling performance adds up to a warmth of experience, wholly original, anchored in Aotearoa New Zealand.

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