Title: Hine e Hine Post by: PlasmaParrot on April 16, 2007, 06:00PM Does anybody have any idea of what the man in the middle of Hine e Hine says? I hear it so much & I can't understand it; it's driving me crazy!!!
Title: Re: Hine e Hine Post by: Mel on April 17, 2007, 04:36AM All I know is it's Maori..
I know on Hayley's DVD she mentions the song is a lullabye of some sort, that the local TV stations used it at the end of their days broadcast. So not sure if the talking on the CD is part of that lullabye or not Title: Re: Hine e Hine Post by: OldFatGuy on April 17, 2007, 04:51AM "Hine E Hine"
E tangi ana Koe Hine, E Hine! Kua ngenge ana koe Hine, E Hine! Kati to pouri ra Noho i te Aroha Te ngakau o te Matua Hine, E Hine! E Hari to moe moea Hine, E Hine! Marama ahua Hine, E Hine! I roto i to moenga Mehemea he Marama Ka tae mai te Reinga Hine, E Hine! [English translation:] Plaintive all through the night - Hine, E Hine! Weeping till morning light - Hine, E Hine! From my care why try to leap There is love for you Mother's arms their strength will keep Hine, E Hine! See where there comes the morn Hine, E Hine! Long rays of early dawn Hine, E Hine! Shining to Reinga far Where thy noble grandsires are Nestle Aroha! Hine, E Hine! |