Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I’m so tired of playing
– He tino ngenge ahau ki te tākaro
Playing with this bow and arrow
– Te tākaro ki tēnei kopere me te pere
Gonna give my heart away
– Ka hoatu e ahau toku ngakau
Leave it to the other girls to play
– Waiho atu ki ētahi atu kōtiro kia tākaro
For I’ve been a temptress too long
– Hoki kua ahau he temptress roa rawa
Just…
– Tika…
Give me a reason to love you
– Homai ki ahau he take ki te aroha ki a koe
Give me a reason to be a woman
– Homai ki ahau he take hei wahine
I just wanna be a woman
– E hiahia ana ahau kia wahine
From this time, unchained
– Mai i tenei wa, unchained
We’re all looking at a different picture
– Kei te titiro katoa tatou ki tetahi pikitia rereke
Through this new frame of mind
– Na roto i tenei anga hou o te hinengaro
A thousand flowers could bloom
– Ka taea e te mano nga putiputi te puawai
Move over and give us some room, yeah
– Nau mai, haere mai, haere mai, haere mai, e
Give me a reason to love you
– Homai ki ahau he take ki te aroha ki a koe
Give me a reason to be a woman
– Homai ki ahau he take hei wahine
I just want to be a woman
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei wahine
So don’t you stop being a man
– Na kaua koe e mutu te tangata
Just take a little look
– Just tango i te titiro iti
From our side when you can
– Mai i to taha ka taea e koe
Sow a little tenderness
– Rui i te ngawari iti
No matter if you cry
– Ahakoa ka tangi koe
Give me a reason to love you
– Homai ki ahau he take ki te aroha ki a koe
Give me a reason to be a woman
– Homai ki ahau he take hei wahine
I just want to be a woman
– E hiahia ana ahau kia waiho hei wahine
It’s all I wanna be, is all a woman
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau, he wahine katoa
For this is the beginning
– Ko te timatanga hoki tenei
Of forever and ever
– O ake tonu atu
It’s time to move over
– Kua tae ki te wa ki te neke atu
It’s all I want to be
– Ko te mea anake e hiahia ana ahau ki te kia
I’m so tired of playing
– He tino ngenge ahau ki te tākaro
Playing with this bow and arrow
– Te tākaro ki tēnei kopere me te pere
Gonna give my heart away
– Ka hoatu e ahau toku ngakau
Leave it to the other girls to play
– Waiho atu ki ētahi atu kōtiro kia tākaro
For I’ve been a temptress too long
– Hoki kua ahau he temptress roa rawa
Just…
– Tika…
Give me a reason to love you
– Homai ki ahau he take ki te aroha ki a koe
