Tahi Nei Taru Kino

  1. Tahi nei taru kino
    Mahi whai-ā-ipo
    Kei te wehenga
    Aroha kau ana

    Chorus:
    Haere mai rā
    Ki ahau nei rā
    Te aroha tino nui
    Haere mai

  2. He aha kei taku uma
    Pākikini nei ?
    He aroha rānei?
    He aha rānei?
  3. Titiro atu au
    Tahuri kē koe
    Kei roto i a koe
    Pïrangi mai ana
  4. Kore ua e noho
    Hoatu taku ringa
    Kei huri kē koe
    Whakakaitoa i muri

Like a pesky weed
you play at love
and when parted
love is no more

Chorus:
Come then
to me
for great is (my) love.
Come (to me)

What is this within my chest
that pinches so?
Is it love?
Or what is it?

When I look (at you)
you turn away
(but) within you
there is much longing

I will not sit still
I give (you) my hand
in case you turn away
to jest later.