PAIKEA - Te Roopu O Turanga Ake

PAIKEA performed by Te Roopu O Turanga Ake

Kaea...
Ko tahi! Ko rua! Ko toru! Uia mai!

Uia mai koia whakahuatia ake
  Ask and you will be told;
Ko wai te whare nei e
  What is the name of this house?
Ko wai te tekoteko kei runga
  Who is the carved figure above?
Ko PAIKEA! Ko PAIKEA!
  It is PAIKEA! It is PAIKEA!

Ahh hi! Whakakau PAIKEA
  PAIKEA emerges. Hey!
Ahh hi! Whakakau he tipuna
  A wizard emerges. Hey!  
Ahh hi! Whakakau he taniwha
 A deep-water prodigy is wading ashore. Hey!
Ka u! Ka u! PAIKEA ki Ahuahu PAIKEA!
 PAIKEA lands at Ahuahu
Kei te whiti a koe
Kahutia-te-rangi aue!
Me ai to ure ki te tamahine a Te Whironui aue!
Nana i noho te Roto-o-tahe
Aue! Aue! He koruru e koro e

(REPEAT LYRICS/KUPU)

English Version

Ask and you will be told;
What is the name of this house?
Who is the carved figure above?
It is PAIKEA! It is PAIKEA!

PAIKEA emerges. Hey!
A wizard emerges. Hey!
A deep-water prodigy is ashore. Hey!
PAIKEA lands at Ahuahu. Slap!

Your identity is entwined with Kahutia-te-rangi. Amazing!
You were intimate with the daughter of Te whironui - really!
Who settled at the lake of Woman's Blood.

Alas! Alas! You are now a figurehead, old one.