Topenga Ataata
Kupu Tūpato
Mbabarara, mbabarara
– Ko Mbabarara, ko mbabarara
Mbabarara, mbabarara, mbabarara
– Ko Mbabarara, ko mbabarara, ko mbabarara
Take a look at my girlfriend
– Titiro ki taku hoa wahine
She’s the only one I got (mbabarara)
– Ko ia anake te mea i whiwhi ahau (mbabarara)
Not much of a girlfriend
– E kore e nui o te girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (mbabarara, mbabarara)
– E kore ahau e titiro ki te tiki i te rota (mbabarara, mbabarara)
It’s been some time since we last spoke
– Kua roa te wā mai i te wā whakamutunga i kōrero ai mātou
This is gonna sound like a bad joke (bad joke)
– Ka tangi tenei ano he kata kino (kata kino)
But mama, I fell in love again
– Engari mama, ka aroha anō ahau
It’s safe to say I have a new girlfriend
– He mea haumaru ki te mea he hoa wahine hou taku
And I know it sounds so old
– A e mohio ana ahau he tawhito rawa te tangi
But Cupid got me in a chokehold (chokehold)
– Ko Cupid ka ahau i roto i te chokehold (chokehold)
And I’m afraid I might give in
– A e wehi ana ahau ka tukua atu e ahau
Towel’s on the mat, my white flag is wavin’ (mbabarara)
– Kei runga i te whariki te tauera, kei te ngaru taku haki ma (mbabarara)
I mean, she even cooks me pancakes and Alka-Seltzer when my tummy aches
– Ko te tikanga, ka tunu ia i aku paneke me te Alka-Seltzer ina mamae taku kopu
If that ain’t love then I don’t know what love is
– Ki te kore e aroha ka kore ahau e mohio he aha te aroha
We even got a secret handshake and she loves the music that my band makes
– I whiwhi anō mātou i tētahi ringaringa huna ā e aroha ana ia ki te waiata e hangaia ana e taku rōpū
I know I’m young, but if I had to choose her or the sun
– E mohio ana ahau he taitamariki ahau, engari ki te hiahia ahau ki te whiriwhiri i a ia, i te ra ranei
I’d be one nocturnal son of a gun (mbabarara, mbabarara)
– Ko ahau tetahi tama po o te pu (mbabarara, mbabarara)
Take a look at my girlfriend
– Titiro ki taku hoa wahine
She’s the only one I got (mbabarara)
– Ko ia anake te mea i whiwhi ahau (mbabarara)
Not much of a girlfriend
– E kore e nui o te girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (mbabarara, mbabarara)
– E kore ahau e titiro ki te tiki i te rota (mbabarara, mbabarara)
Take a look at my girlfriend
– Titiro ki taku hoa wahine
She’s the only one I got (mbabarara)
– Ko ia anake te mea i whiwhi ahau (mbabarara)
Not much of a girlfriend
– E kore e nui o te girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (mbabarara, mbabarara)
– E kore ahau e titiro ki te tiki i te rota (mbabarara, mbabarara)
It’s been a while since we talked last and I’m tryin’ hard not to talk fast
– Kua roa te wā mai i te wā i kōrero ai mātou i te mutunga, ā, e kaha ana ahau ki te kore e kōrero tere
But dad, I’m finally thinkin’ I may have found the one
– Engari e papa, i te mutunga ka whakaaro ahau kua kitea pea e au te mea kotahi
Type of girl that’ll make you way proud of your son
– Momo o te kotiro e ka meinga e koe ara whakapehapeha o koutou tama
And I know you heard the last song about the girls that didn’t last long
– A e mohio ana ahau i rongo koe i te waiata whakamutunga e pā ana ki nga kotiro e kore i roa
But I promise this is on a whole new plane
– Engari e oati ana ahau kei runga i te rererangi hou
I can tell by the way she says my name (mbabarara)
– Ka taea e au te korero ma te huarahi e kii ai ia i taku ingoa (mbabarara)
I love it when she calls my phone, she even got her very own ringtone
– E aroha ana ahau ki a ia ina waea mai ia ki taku waea, i whiwhi anō ia i tana ake tangi
If that ain’t love then I don’t know what love is (mbabarara)
– Ki te kore e aroha, kaore au e mohio he aha te aroha (mbabarara)
It’s gonna be a long drive home but I know as soon as I arrive home
– He haerenga roa tēnei ki te kāinga engari e mōhio ana ahau i taku taenga mai ki te kāinga
And I open the door, take off my coat and throw my bag on the floor
– Na ka whakatuwheratia e ahau te tatau, tangohia atu taku koti, ka maka taku putea ki te papa
She’ll be back into my arms once more for sure, like
– Ka hoki mai ano ia ki oku ringa, kia rite ki
Take a look at my girlfriend
– Titiro ki taku hoa wahine
She’s the only one I got (mbabarara)
– Ko ia anake te mea i whiwhi ahau (mbabarara)
Not much of a girlfriend
– E kore e nui o te girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (mbabarara, mbabarara)
– E kore ahau e titiro ki te tiki i te rota (mbabarara, mbabarara)
She’s got a smile that’ll make the most senile annoying old man bite his tongue
– He ataata tōna e tino whakawehi ana i te koroheke e haukā ana i tōna arero
(I’m not done)
– (Kaore au i te mahi)
She’s got eyes comparable to sunrise and it doesn’t stop there (man I swear)
– He rite tonu ōna kanohi ki te putanga mai o te rā, ā, kāore e mutu i reira (e te tangata e oati ana ahau)
She’s got porcelain skin, of course she’s a ten
– He kiri poraka tōna, he tekau ōna tau
And now she’s even got her own song (but movin’ on)
– Na inaianei kei a ia ano tana ake waiata (engari e neke haere ana)
She’s got the cutest laugh I ever heard
– Ko ia te tino kata i rongo ai ahau
And we can be on the phone for three hours (not sayin’ one word)
– A ka taea e tatou i runga i te waea mō te toru haora (e kore e mea ‘ kotahi kupu)
And I would still cherish every moment
– A ka aroha tonu ahau ki ia wā
And when I start to build my future she’s the main component
– A ka tīmata ahau ki te hanga i taku heke mai ko ia te wāhanga matua
Call it dumb, call it luck, call it love or whatever you call it, but
– Karangatia he wahangu, karangatia he waimarie, karangatia he aroha, he aha rānei e karangatia e koe, engari
Everywhere I go I keep her picture in my wallet like, yeah
– I nga wahi katoa e haere ana ahau ka pupuri ahau i tana pikitia i roto i taku putea, ae
Take a look at my girlfriend
– Titiro ki taku hoa wahine
She’s the only one I got (mbabarara)
– Ko ia anake te mea i whiwhi ahau (mbabarara)
Not much of a girlfriend
– E kore e nui o te girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (mbabarara, mbabarara)
– E kore ahau e titiro ki te tiki i te rota (mbabarara, mbabarara)
Take a look at my girlfriend
– Titiro ki taku hoa wahine
She’s the only one I got (mbabarara)
– Ko ia anake te mea i whiwhi ahau (mbabarara)
Not much of a girlfriend
– E kore e nui o te girlfriend
I never seem to get a lot (mbabarara, mbabarara)
– E kore ahau e titiro ki te tiki i te rota (mbabarara, mbabarara)
