E ngunguru ana te whenua,

E tangi ana te hau,

Ka piki ake te hinengaro,

Tuia te ao hou.

Tū mai e tāne, tū mai e wāhine,

Tū mai e tamaiti, tū mai e te iwi

E ngunguru ana te whenua,

E tangi ana te hau,

Ka piki ake te hinengaro,

Tuia te ao hou.

Tū mai e tāne, tū mai e wāhine,

Tū mai e tamaiti, tū mai e te iwi

Whakapiki ake te mauri, whakarongo mai,

Tūturu whakamaua kia tina! Tīna! Haumi e! Hui e! Taiki e!

I am sending through the gaps little pieces of myself

strips of grassplants I harvested in the sandhills

I thought I had given you enough -

so now after all this time, i will keep searching for shards of light

gaps in the wall, splits in the wood

I left everything behind but still I'm scared it is not enough to hold you

I keep looking for holes so I can thread you through just a few more pieces of yourself

I left it all behind. There was nothing but me left down beneath the earth

ko hau anake kei roto i te rua

I breathed it all out over you

but here is just a little bit more e moko