Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Christmas night
– Te pō o te kirihimete
Another fight
– Tētahi atu whawhai
Tears we cried a flood
– I tangi mātou i te waipuke
Got all kinds of poison in
– Ka whiwhi i ngā momo paitini katoa
Of poison in my blood
– O te poison i roto i toku toto
I took my feet to Oxford street
– I haere au ki Oxford street
Trying to right a wrong
– E ngana ana ki te whakatika i te hē
“Just walk away” those windows say
– “Haere noa atu” e ai ki aua matapihi
But I can’t believe she’s gone
– Engari kaore au e whakapono kua ngaro ia
When you’re still waiting for the snow to fall
– I a koe e tatari ana kia hinga te hukarere
Doesn’t really feel like Christmas at all
– E Kore e tino fe Rite Kirihimete i te katoa
Up above candles on air flicker
– I runga ake i ngā rama i runga i te rangi e ngingio ana
Oh, they flicker, and they flow
– Aue, e ngingio ana, e rere ana
And I’m up here holding onto
– A kei konei ahau e mau ana ki
All those chandeliers of hope
– Ko aua rama katoa o te tumanako
And like some drunken Elvis singing
– Ka rite ki ētahi Elvis haurangi e waiata ana
I go singing out of tune
– Ka haere ahau ki te waiata i waho o te waiata
Singing how I always loved you, darling
– E waiata ana i taku aroha tonu ki a koe, e te aroha
And I always will
– A ka tonu ahau
Oh, when you’re still waiting for the snow to fall
– Aue, i a koe e tatari tonu ana kia hinga te hukarere
It doesn’t really feel like Christmas at all
– Kāore e Tino rite Ki Te Kirihimete
Still waiting for the snow to fall
– E tatari tonu ana kia hinga te hukarere
It doesn’t really feel like Christmas at all
– Kāore e Tino rite Ki Te Kirihimete
Those Christmas lights
– Ko aua rama Kirihimete
Light up the street
– Kia marama ake te huarahi
Down where the sea and city meet
– Ki raro i te wāhi e tutaki ai te moana me te taone
May all your troubles soon be gone
– Kia hohoro te haere atu o koutou raruraru katoa
Oh, Christmas lights keep shining on
– Aue, kia marama tonu nga rama Kirihimete
Those Christmas lights
– Ko aua rama Kirihimete
Light up the street
– Kia marama ake te huarahi
Maybe they’ll bring her back to me
– Tērā pea ka whakahokia mai ia e rātau ki ahau
And then all my troubles will be gone
– A ka ngaro katoa aku raruraru
Oh, Christmas lights keep shining on
– Aue, kia marama tonu nga rama Kirihimete
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
– Aue, aue, aue, aue, aue, aue
Oh, Christmas lights
– E ngā rama Kirihimete
Light up the street
– Kia marama ake te huarahi
Light up the fireworks in me
– Whakaara ake i te fireworks i roto i ahau
May all your troubles soon be gone
– Kia hohoro te haere atu o koutou raruraru katoa
Those Christmas lights keep shining on
– Ka whiti tonu aua rama Kirihimete
