Lorde
Hua pirau lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2021
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:00
Kei ngā kaipara i te ara
Te hunga o te whenua taurikura
Tē aro i kaha rawa te moemoeā
I kaha rawa
Ka hīkoi (Ka hīkoi) Tahi tātou
Tauri pua ki ō tātou pane
I te taiao ahurei, i tipu ai te rākau miro
Mahue mai ana ko ngā hua pirau
Auē!
Auē!
Auē!
Auē!
Mai i te papa ki te rangi rere ai
Honea ana nā te makerewhatu
Ihumanea mai pongipongi mai
Kei te tūmanako rā
Ka tanu ki wāhi kē
Ka hīkoi (Ka hīkoi) Tahi tātou
Tauri pua ki ō tātou pane
Ka pēhea te aroha i te mea ka ngaro?
Key vocabulary
- kei
- there is/are; located
- ō
- from; belonging to
- ngā
- the plural article
- kaipara
- place name
- te
- you (Spanish object)
- ara
- path; road
- hunga
- people; humans
- o
- of; belonging to
- whenua
- land; country
- taurikura
- Maori theme: sacred red canopy
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About this song
Lorde is a New Zealand singer-songwriter known for electro-pop and pop with a sharp adolescent perspective. She is best known for the 2013 debut Pure Heroine, especially the breakout single “Royals,” and for later albums Melodrama and Solar Power.