Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
– Kaore he painga ki te noho me te miharo he aha, babe
It don’t matter, anyhow
– Kāore he mea nui, ahakoa
An’ it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
– He ‘ ehara i te mea he painga ki te noho me te miharo he aha, babe
If you don’t know by now
– Ki te kore koe e mohio inaianei
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
– Ka tangi tō toa i te ata
Look out your window and I’ll be gone
– Titiro atu ki tō matapihi, ā, ka ngaro ahau
You’re the reason I’m trav’lin’ on
– Ko koe te take e haere ana ahau
Don’t think twice, it’s all right
– Kaua e whakaaro rua, te reira tika katoa
It ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe
– Kāore he painga ki te huri i tō marama, e te pēpi
That light I never knowed
– Ko te marama kāore au i mōhio
An’ it ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe
– He ‘e kore e kore te whakamahi i roto i te tahuri’ i runga i tou marama, babe
I’m on the dark side of the road
– Kei te taha pouri ahau o te huarahi
Still I wish there was somethin’ you would do or say
– Heoi e hiahia ana ahau i reira ko te tahi mea e mahi koe ranei mea
To try and make me change my mind and stay
– Ki te tamata me te hanga i ahau te huri i toku ngakau, me te noho
We never did too much talkin’ anyway
– Kāore anō mātou kia nui rawa te kōrero
So don’t think twice, it’s all right
– Na kaua e whakaaro rua, te reira tika katoa
I’m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road, babe
– E haere ana ahau i raro i taua huarahi roa, mokemoke, babe
Where I’m bound, I can’t tell
– I te wahi e herea ana ahau, kaore e taea e au te korero
But goodbye’s too good a word, gal
– Engari he kupu pai rawa atu a goodbye, gal
So I’ll just say fare thee well
– Na ka mea noa ahau fare koe pai
I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind
– Kāore au i te kī i tukinotia ahau e koe
You could have done better but I don’t mind
– Ka taea e koe te mahi pai ake engari kaore au i te whakaaro
You just kinda wasted my precious time
– I ngaro noa iho i a koe taku wā utu nui
But don’t think twice, it’s all right
– Engari kaua e whakaaro rua, he pai katoa
It ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, gal
– Kāore he take i roto i te karanga i toku ingoa, gal
Like you never did before
– Ka rite ki te mea kaore koe i mahi i mua
It ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, gal
– Kāore he take i roto i te karanga i toku ingoa, gal
I can’t hear you anymore
– Kaore e taea e au te whakarongo atu ki a koe
I’m a-thinkin’ and a-wond’rin’ all the way down the road
– Kei te whakaaro ahau, kei te miharo ahau i te huarahi katoa
I once loved a woman, a child I’m told
– I aroha ahau ki tētahi wahine, he tamaiti i korerotia mai ki ahau
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
– Ka hoatu e ahau toku ngakau ki a ia engari i hiahia ia ki toku wairua
But don’t think twice, it’s all right
– Engari kaua e whakaaro rua, he pai katoa
