Te Ara (Karakia)
Artist: Congress MusicFactory
Produced By: Congress MusicFactory
Album: Ka Koropiko Matou Ki A Koe
Ka rongo koe, ka mea ia, he reo kei muri i a koe, te kī atu nei, “Koinei te ara tika, whai mai i ahau.”
Kia noho taua reo ki ō tātou whare me ā tātou mārena.
He hiahia nōku, kia rangona e ngā tāngata katoa taua reo. “Koinei te reo whai mai i ahau.”
Me rongo tonu au i taua reo ahakoa huri ki hea, ahakoa he aha te aha. Mēnā tē kitea he ārahitanga mā tatou, “Koinei te ara, whai mai i ahau!”
Ka rongo tonu ahau i taua reo i roto i te māramatanga. Ka kī atu me rongo pērā rawa te mārama, ā, ka mārama anō ai ō mātou ngākau.
Homai te kaha, kia mārama pū ai mātou he aha tā te Atua koha mai, he aha tā tētahi atu
He aha rānei ngā mea tika, he aha rānei ngā mea hē, he aha rānei ngā mea pono, he aha rānei ngā mea teka.
Me rongo hoki mātou i te reo o muri e mea ana, “Koinei te ara, whai mai i ahau!”
Tohungia mātou i tō wāhi tapu, tukuna mai ō māramatanga i tō wāhi taurikura i te rangi!
Teitei ake i te rangiruatanga o tēnei ao; teitei ake i āna rūpahu, teitei hoki i tōna paru me ōna hē, “Koinei te ara tika, whai mai i ahau.”
Mai i tēnei wā tae noa ki tōna mutunga, i roto i ngā āhuatanga katoa māu anō e tuku mai i tō korōriatanga mutunga kore, nāu i homai ki tēnei whenua.
Ā, māu anō te huarahi e whakawātea, e kitea ai tō torona tapu e kānapanapa ana.
Homai te pono e tau ai ō mātou waewae ki runga, e rangona ai te ngākau, “Koinei te ara tika, whai mai i ahau, whai mai i ahau, whai mai i ahau.”