"Ponaturi" lyrics

[Maori:]

Ko ngā kōiwi o tōku matua
Takoto ki raro i te moana

I roto i te whare Manawa-Tāne
Ko te wharenui o ngā Ponaturi e, Ponaturi e

Whakahokia ngā kōiwi o tōku matua
Kei konei ahau e kimikimi utu ana
Whakahokia ngā kōiwi o tōku matua
Whakahokia ngā kōiwi ki tōna whenua

Ko ahau me ngā tāngata kotahi rau tekau mā whā
Mā runga te waka, te waka o Niwareka
Ka rere tātou ki te whare o ngā ponaturi
Ka whakangaro tātou ki te wharenui

I roto i te whare Manawa-Tāne
Ko te wharenui o ngā Ponaturi e, Ponaturi e

Whakahokia ngā kōiwi o tōku matua
Kei konei ahau e kimikimi utu ana
Whakahokia ngā kōiwi o tōku matua
Whakahokia ngā kōiwi ki tōna whenua

Kua tae mai tātou
Ka haere anake ahau
Me te kaha o ngā karakia
Ka whakamoke ahau mai ngā Ponaturi
Me te kaha o ngā karakia
Ka patu ahau ki ngā ponaturi

I roto i te whare Manawa-Tāne
Ko te wharenui o ngā Ponaturi e

Whakahokia ngā kōiwi o tōku matua
Kei konei ahau e kimikimi utu ana
Whakahokia ngā kōiwi o tōku matua
Whakahokia ngā kōiwi ki tōna whenua

Ponaturi e
Ponaturi e

[English translation:]

My fathers bones
Lie at the bottom of the ocean

In the house, Manawa-Tāne
The great house of the Sea Demons

Return my fathers bones
I am here to seek revenge
Return my fathers bones
Return them to his land

Me and 140 men
Aboard the ship, the ship Niwareka
We sail towards the ponaturi's lair
We will destroy the Sea Demon's lair

In the house, Manawa-Tāne
The great house of the Sea Demons

Return my fathers bones
I am here to seek revenge
Return my fathers bones
Return them to his land

We have arrived
I will go alone
With the power of incantations
I will hide from the Sea Demons
With the power of incantations
I will slay the Sea Demons

In the house, Manawa-Tāne
The great house of the Sea Demons

Return my fathers bones
I am here to seek revenge
Return my fathers bones
Return them to his land

The Sea Demons
The Sea Demons