Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
They always start with a kind of storm
– Ka tīmata tonu rātau ki tētahi momo tupuhi
You know, a real powerful storm
– E mohio ana koe, he tupuhi kaha tūturu
And there’s always this, um, this dark, thick rain, like, like fresh motor oil
– A kei reira tonu tenei, um, tenei pouri, ua matotoru, rite, rite hinu motokā hou
Storm started, somethin’ happened
– Ka tīmata te tupuhi, ka puta tētahi mea
His face, his eyes were, were, uh, different
– Ko tona mata, ko ona kanohi, ko, uh, rerekē
By the time they tried to evacuate the cities, it was already too late
– I te wā i whakamātau ai rātau ki te wehe atu i ngā taone, kua roa rawa
The infection was everywhere
– I nga wahi katoa te mate
The virus is harvesting, what do you mean H7N3?
– Kei te kotinga te huaketo, he AHA te TIKANGA O TE H7N3?
Begin life in a lab in the first war of vaccines
– Tīmata ora i roto i te taiwhanga i roto i te whawhai tuatahi o kano
Million die in the first week in the pandemic dreams
– Miriona mate i roto i te wiki tuatahi i roto i nga moemoea pandemic
Reality, black death, smallpox, mutated disease
– Te pono, te mate pango, te rewharewha, te mate kua hurihia
Flu-shot propaganda for all population and troops
– Te whakatairanga i te pupuhi rewharewha mō te katoa o te iwi me ngā hōia
Avoid the plague, it might have seeped into the room
– A ape i te mate uruta, kia kua tomo te reira ki te ruma
It’s now airborne with firestorm, signal our doom
– Kei te rere inaianei me firestorm, tohu i to tatou whakamataku
The dead returns with a pissed off zombie mood
– Ka hoki mai te hunga mate me te wairua zombie riri
The sprinkler system equipped with AuAg
– Ko te pūnaha sprinkler rite rawa Ki AuAg
Where they round up survivors? In a cold facility
– Kei hea rātou e kohikohi ana i ngā tāngata ora? I roto i te whare makariri
Watch the process of terror from the hill near the stream
– Kia mataara i te tukanga o te wehi i te pukepuke e tata ana ki te awa
I remain in a gas mask; I still filter my water clean
– Noho ahau i roto i te kopare hau; tātari tonu ahau toku wai ma
This isn’t past tense or the plague of Athens
– Ehara tēnei i te wā o mua i te mate uruta Rānei o Athens
Couldn’t be eradicated like smallpox in action
– Kāore e taea te whakakore pēnei i te rewharewha i te mahi
Avian influenza in the jetstream is how it happens
– Ko te rewharewha manu i roto i te jetstream te āhua o te mea e tupu ana
2020 combined with coronavirus, bodies stacking
– 2020 ngā ki coronavirus, tinana tāpae
The world is now at the start of the influenza pandemic
– Ko te ao kei te tīmatanga o te mate uruta
It started as rioting, it was in the street outside, it was coming through windows
– I tīmata hei tutu, i te huarahi i waho, i haere mai i roto i nga matapihi
Sequence the virus and determine its origin
– Whakaritehia te huaketo me te whakatau i tona takenga mai
It was a virus
– He huaketo
Something in the blood
– He mea i roto i te toto
A virus which has been engineered at a genetic level to be helpful rather than harmful
– He huaketo kua hangaia i te taumata iranga hei āwhina kaua hei kino
This city’s sick like disease and it can’t be cured
– He mate rite ki te mate o tēnei taone ā kāore e taea te whakaora
Few that remained, their brain’s stained with the bloodshed
– He torutoru noa iho i toe, kua poke to rātau roro i te whakaheke toto
In a smokescreen state
– I te āhua o te arai paowa
Death, disease
– Te mate, te mate
You feel a burning sensation
– Ka rongo koe i te mura o te ahi
Nothing remains
– Kāore he mea e toe ana
This city’s sick like disease and it can’t be cured
– He mate rite ki te mate o tēnei taone ā kāore e taea te whakaora
Few that remained, their brain’s stained with the bloodshed
– He torutoru noa iho i toe, kua poke to rātau roro i te whakaheke toto
In a smokescreen state
– I te āhua o te arai paowa
Death, disease
– Te mate, te mate
You feel a burning sensation
– Ka rongo koe i te mura o te ahi
You’ll have to act fast, grab your gas mask
– Ka whai koe ki te mahi nohopuku, hopu koutou kopare hau
Bad disaster has passed
– Kua pahemo te kino kino
Anarchy, cataclysm
– Te pōuri, te parekura
Stand guard please, blast your big guns
– Tu tiaki tēnā, pupuhi koutou pu nui
Havoc’s begun, viral outbreak
– Kua tīmata a Havoc, te pakarutanga o te huaketo
Tragic things done, crowds renounce faith
– Ko nga mea pouri i mahia, ka whakarerea e te mano te whakapono
Atrocious horror witnessed, broke the hopes of optimistic
– I kite te whakamataku whakamataku, i pakaru i nga tumanakohanga o te tumanako
Scope is post-apocalyptic
– Ko te whānuitanga he post-apocalyptic
Lone is harsh and vicious, gross and darker
– He pakeke, he kino, he kino, he pouri hoki a Lone
Throwing darts, blow apart the wicked
– Te maka pere, te patu i te hunga kino
Foes know I’m sadistic
– E mōhio ana ngā hoariri he tangata whakatoi ahau
Cold, my aura is sick, soldiers start resistance
– He makariri, he mate taku aura, ka tīmata ngā hōia ki te ātete
Enemy troops in NBC suits
– Ko nga hoia hoariri i ROTO I NGA kakahu NBC
We shoot, then we regroup
– Ka pupuhi mātou, kātahi ka whakarōpū anō mātou
Conquer weak with armed fleet
– Te wikitoria ngoikore ki te kaipuke patu
Bomb the streets with DR. CREEP
– Te patu i ngā huarahi ki A TĀKUTA CREEP
The scientific criteria for an influenza pandemic have been met
– Kua tutuki ngā paearu pūtaiao mō tētahi mate uruta
You need a doctor to tell you that
– Me koe he tākuta ki te korero ki a koutou e
This virus is human
– He tangata tēnei huaketo
Radio stopped broadcasting, there were reports of infection in Paris and New York
– I mutu te pāohotanga o te reo irirangi, i puta ngā pūrongo mō Te mate i Paris me New York
The army blockades were overrun
– I hinga nga aukati a te ope taua
What scientists know about this new strain
– He aha nga kaiputaiao e mohio ana mo tenei momo hou
Decided to raise the level of influenza pandemic alert
– I whakatau ki te whakapiki i te taumata o te whakatūpato mate uruta
This city’s sick like disease and it can’t be cured
– He mate rite ki te mate o tēnei taone ā kāore e taea te whakaora
Few that remained, their brain’s stained with the bloodshed
– He torutoru noa iho i toe, kua poke to rātau roro i te whakaheke toto
In a smokescreen state
– I te āhua o te arai paowa
Death, disease
– Te mate, te mate
You feel a burning sensation
– Ka rongo koe i te mura o te ahi
Nothing remains
– Kāore he mea e toe ana
This city’s sick like disease and it can’t be cured
– He mate rite ki te mate o tēnei taone ā kāore e taea te whakaora
Few that remained, their brain’s stained with the bloodshed
– He torutoru noa iho i toe, kua poke to rātau roro i te whakaheke toto
In a smokescreen state
– I te āhua o te arai paowa
Death, disease
– Te mate, te mate
You feel a burning sensation
– Ka rongo koe i te mura o te ahi
Can I look at one of these gas masks?
– Ka taea e au te titiro ki tetahi o enei kopare hau?
Sure, what do you wanna look at?
– He aha te mea e hiahia ana koe ki te titiro?
