Te Vaka - "We Know the Way" Live with Orchestra Wellington 2018

Songs of Moana concert live at the Michael Fowler Centre.

Sound recording: RNZ Music
Sound production: Startrek Studios
Video: JXLive

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FULL LYRICS AND TRANSLATIONS TO THE EXTENDED VERSIONS OF BOTH TRACKS
Introduction - Tulou Tagaloa (full version)

Tulou Tagaloa

Sei e va’ai mai
I le tatou lalolagi
Sei e va’ai mai
I le matou lalolagi
Sei e malamalama
E lelei ma le manaia
Sei e va’ai maia
Manaia o le tatou olaga

"Tatau Na Fai"
E iei te mea tatau na fai
E iei koe
​To lagona
​Kautu ko ve
Fakamakeke
​To lagona
​Ke iloa faiga
E iei te mea tatau na fai
E iei koe
​To lagona
​Kautu ko ve to lagona vena
Sei e va'ai maia
​Manaia o le tatou olaga

TRANSLATION
Respectfully calling
The God of the Sea

So you can see
Our world
So you can see
My world
So you understand
How beautiful and good
So you can see
Our wonderful way of life
There’s a task that needs to be done
It’s all there with you
You feel it
It's centred on that
​Stay strong
You feel it
​And you know how
There’s a task that needs to be done
It’s all there with you
You feel it
​It's centred on what you feel there
So you can see
​Our wonderful way of life

WE KNOW THE WAY (Full version)

Verse 1
Tatou o tagata folau e vala’auina
E le atua o le sami tele e o mai
Ua ava’e le lu’itau e lelei
Tapenapena

verse 2
Ua malamalama uiga o le moana
Va’ai I fetu ma isi failoga e maua ai ala
O nu’u fou avea mo tatou aiga

chorus
Aue aue
nuku i mua
Te manulele e tataki e
Aue aue
te fenua te malie
Nae ko hakilia mo kaiga e

Verse 3
We read the wind and the sky
When the sun is high
We sail the length of the sea
On the ocean breeze
At night we name every star
We know where we are
We know who we are who we are

Aue aue we set a course to find
A brand new island everywhere we roam
Aue aue we keep our island in our mind
And when it’s time to find home
We know the way

bridge
Aue aue we are explorers reading every sign
We tell our stories of our elders
In a never ending chain
We aren’t afraid of the horizon line
We know what came before us
We know the way

WE KNOW THE WAY - Translations

Verse 1
We are voyagers
summoned by the gods
of this mighty ocean to come
we take up the good challenge
get ready

verse 2
We understand the ways of the sea
we look to the stars and other signs
to find our way
to find new lands
to make our home
chorus
oh! oh!
there is land up ahead
a bird in flight to take us there
oh! oh!
this beautiful land
the place i was looking for
to make our home