Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
I’ve heard there was a secret chord
– Kua rongo ahau i reira ko te aho ngaro
That David played and it pleased the Lord
– I whakatangihia E Rawiri a i ahuareka ki A Ihowa
But you don’t really care for music, do ya?
– Engari kāore koe i te tino careangawanga ki te waiata, e pai ana koe?
Well it goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
– Well haere te reira rite tenei: te tuawha, te rima
The minor fall, the major lift
– Te hinga iti, te whakatika nui
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
– Ko te kingi whakamiharo e hanga Ana I A Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, hmm
– Haleluia, Haleluia, hmm
Well, your faith was strong, but you needed proof
– Well, ko kaha tou whakapono, engari e hiahia ana koe tohu
You saw her bathing on the roof
– I kite koe i a ia e kaukau ana i runga i te tuanui
Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew ya
– Ko tōna ataahua i te marama marama i hinga ai a ya
She tied you to the kitchen chair
– I herea koe e ia ki te tūru o te kīhini
She broke your throne and she cut your hair
– I wahia e ia tō torona ā i tapahia e ia ō makawe
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
– Na ka kumea e ia te Haleluia i your ngutu
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Well baby, I’ve been here before
– Well baby, kua ahau i konei i mua
I’ve seen this room and I’ve walked this floor
– Kua kite ahau i tenei ruma, a kua haere ahau i tenei papa
I used to live alone before I knew ya
– I noho mokemoke ahau i mua I taku mōhiotanga ki a koe
And I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
– A kua kite ahau i tō haki i runga i techure kōhatu
And love is not a victory march
– A ehara te aroha i te hīkoi wikitoria
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
– He makariri he Haleluia pakaru
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Well, maybe there’s a God above
– Well, pea i reira te He Atua i runga
But all I’ve ever learned from love
– Engari ko nga mea katoa i akohia e au mai i te aroha
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
– Me pēhea te patu i tētahi i nui ake i a koe
And it’s not a cry that you hear at night
– A ehara i te mea he tangi e rongo ana koe i te po
It’s not somebody who has seen the Light
– Ehara i te Tangata kua kite I te Marama
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
– He makariri he Haleluia pakaru
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
– Haleluia, Haleluia
