Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Can I speak to you privately for a moment?
– Ka taea e ahau te korero ki a koutou tūmataiti mo te taime?
I just want to explain
– E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakamārama
Explain the circumstances
– Whakamārama i ngā āhuatanga
I find myself in
– Ka kitea ahau i roto i
What and who I really am
– He aha, ko wai hoki ahau
I’m a prisoner
– He herehere ahau
To live for eternity
– Hei ora mō te ake tonu atu
I was thinking, “What is this place?”
– I whakaaro ahau, ” He aha tēnei wāhi?”
I thought it would be perfect
– I whakaaro ahau he tino pai
I thought
– I whakaaro ahau
“I want it to be perfect”
– “E hiahia ana ahau kia tino tika”
Please
– Tena koa
Let it be perfect
– Kia tino tika
Am I living in another world?
– Kei te noho ahau i tetahi atu ao?
Another world I created
– Ko tētahi atu ao i hangaia e au
For what?
– He aha hoki?
If it’s beauty
– Ki te mea he ataahua
Do you see beauty?
– Kei te kite koe i te ataahua?
If there’s beauty
– Ki te mea he ataahua
Say it’s enough
– Ki te mea he nui
I think I’m gonna die in this house
– Ki taku whakaaro ka mate ahau i roto i tenei whare
I think I’m gonna die in this house
– Ki taku whakaaro ka mate ahau i roto i tenei whare
I think I’m gonna die in this house
– Ki taku whakaaro ka mate ahau i roto i tenei whare
I think I’m gonna die in this house
– Ki taku whakaaro ka mate ahau i roto i tenei whare
I think I’m gonna die in this hou—, house
– Ki taku whakaaro ka mate ahau i roto i tenei hou -, whare
I think I’m gonna die in this house
– Ki taku whakaaro ka mate ahau i roto i tenei whare
I think I’m gonna die in this house
– Ki taku whakaaro ka mate ahau i roto i tenei whare
I think I’m gonna die in this house
– Ki taku whakaaro ka mate ahau i roto i tenei whare
In every room, I hear silence
– I roto i nga ruma katoa, ka rongo ahau i te puku
