An in-balance of power
You have awakened a monster
Under the veil of innocence
A violation of land and time
Wrath falls on the hour
It has come to devour
The beast delivering your penance
A restitution for savage crimes
Kua matapihipihi ngā rangi
Ka kitea koe e te Taniwha
Ka horomia ō koutou kāinga
Kua whakararu koe i te taniwha
Taniwha
Kāore he tauritenga o te hautūtanga
Kua whakararu koe i te taniwha
He nui tō tango, he whakamā
Ka tiakina mātou e te Taniwha
I murua ngā whenua i a mātou
Kua matapihipihi ngā rangi
Ka kitea koe e te Taniwha
Ka horomia ō koutou kāinga
Kua whakararu koe i te taniwha
Taniwha
Down beneath the river bed
A single eye awakes
Angered by the disrespect
Of those who only take
Never heeding warnings
An invader far too proud
So arrogant beneath the shadow
Of the long white cloud
Rising from the river bed
It moves without a sound
Now you die beneath the shadow
Of the long white cloud
I hangaia e koutou ki runga whenua muru
(Stolen land)
Nō koutou tēnei whenua? Me hoki atu
(We demand)
Engari i tāhaetia kotahi rau tau ki muri
(From the past)
Kāore koe e mōhio ki ngā tukunga iho
Claiming land but you never learn
That paper deeds will always burn
In the eye of the spiral
A balance will be reborn
By teeth of the Taniwha
Or strike of the taiaha
All that's built on your theft and lies
Must fall and fade in turn
Kua matapihipihi ngā rangi
(You have awakened a monster)
Ka kitea koe e te Taniwha
(Wrath falls on the hour)
Ka horomia ō koutou kāinga
(A violation of land and time)
Kua whakararu koe i te taniwha
Taniwha
