Wairua Tapu
Wairua tapu tau mai ra
Alight holy spirit/come to rest
Wairua tapu mai runga
Holy spirit from above
Uhia mai nga taonga pai
Cover all we hold dear
Homai to aroha.
Give us your love.
Wahia kia tika
Lay us down (as firewood), so all is right
Akonga mai ra kiau ki te pai.
Teaching us to hold firmly to the right.
Horoia kia mau tonu ra
Wash/clean us, so that we may keep holding
Nau te tino kororia.
Yours is the true glory.
Purea Nei
Purea nei e te hau
Scattered by the winds
Horoia e te ua
Washed by the rains
Whitiwhitia e te ra
Transformed by the sun
Mahea ake nga poraruraru
Swept away are the anxieties
Makere ana nga here.
Removed are all restraints.
E rere Wairua e rere
Fly free Sprirt, fly
Ki nga ao o te rangi
To the clouds in the heavens
Whitiwhitia e te ra
Transofrmed by the sun
Mahea ake nga poraruraru
Swept away are all anxieties
Makere ana nga here.
Removed are all restraints.