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Tika Tonu! - What is Right, is Always Right!
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One of New Zealand’s most well-known hakas, “Tika Tonu!” contains a powerful message of challenge, struggle, perseverance and achievement. This popular haka (vocal chant with movements) can be performed by choirs of any voicing. The arrangement includes exhaustive notes on pronunciation, and directions for movements.
- Voicing: any voicing
- Instrumentation: a cappella
- Text Author: attributed to Waimarama Puhara
- Duration: 1:45 minutes
- Publisher: Mysterium Music
TEXT
Traditional Māori Haka
Ki aro
Kia whakaronga, kia mau!
Hi! Ringaringa e torōna
kei waho hoki mai!
Tika tonu!
Ue!
Tika tonu!
Ue!
Tika tonu atu ki a koe, e tama
Hiki nei koe aku whakaaro pakia!
He hiki aha to hiki?
He hiki roa to hiki?
I a ha hā!
E tama, te uaua ana
E tama, te mārō
Roa ina hoki ra
Te tohe o te uaua na
E tāu nei.
Āna! Āna! Āna! Aue... Hī!
TRANSLATION
Pay attention
Listen up, take your stance!
Hi! Arms outstretched,
out and back!
What is right is always right!
Indeed!
What is right is always right!
Ah, yes!
Be true to yourself, my son!
My concerns have been raised about you, so pay attention!
What is this problem you are carrying?
How long have you been carrying it for?
Have you got that? Right, let's go on.
So son, although it may be difficult for you
and son, although it seems to be unyielding
no matter how long you reflect on it
the answer to the problem
is here inside you.
Indeed! Indeed! Indeed! Yes, indeed!
Ki aro
Kia whakaronga, kia mau!
Hi! Ringaringa e torōna
kei waho hoki mai!
Tika tonu!
Ue!
Tika tonu!
Ue!
Tika tonu atu ki a koe, e tama
Hiki nei koe aku whakaaro pakia!
He hiki aha to hiki?
He hiki roa to hiki?
I a ha hā!
E tama, te uaua ana
E tama, te mārō
Roa ina hoki ra
Te tohe o te uaua na
E tāu nei.
Āna! Āna! Āna! Aue... Hī!
TRANSLATION
Pay attention
Listen up, take your stance!
Hi! Arms outstretched,
out and back!
What is right is always right!
Indeed!
What is right is always right!
Ah, yes!
Be true to yourself, my son!
My concerns have been raised about you, so pay attention!
What is this problem you are carrying?
How long have you been carrying it for?
Have you got that? Right, let's go on.
So son, although it may be difficult for you
and son, although it seems to be unyielding
no matter how long you reflect on it
the answer to the problem
is here inside you.
Indeed! Indeed! Indeed! Yes, indeed!