IA ORA TE NATURA  

E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI  

IA ORA TE NATURA 

E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI  



Nature lives (life to nature) 

Have pity for the Earth 

(Love the Earth) 



I know I don't get there often enough 

But God knows I surely try 

It's a magic kind of medicine 

That no doctor could prescribe 



I used to rule my world from a pay phone 

And ships out on the sea 

But now times are rough 

And I got too much stuff 

Can't explain the likes of me 



Chorus: 

But there's this one particular harbour 

So far but yet so near 

Where I see the days as they fade away 

And finally disappear 



But now I think about the good times 

Down in the Caribbean sunshine 

In my younger days I was so bad 

Laughin' about all the fun we had 



I've seen enough to feel the world spin 

Mixin' different oceans meetin' cousins 

Listen to the drummers and the night sounds 

Listen to the singers make the world go 'round 



IA ORA TE NATURA 

E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI 

IA ORA TE NATURA 

E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI 



Lakes below the mountains 

Flow into the sea 

Like oils applied to canvas 

They permeate through me 



And there's that one particular harbour 

Sheltered from the wind 

Where the children play on the shore each day 

And all are safe within 



Most mysterious calling harbour 

So far but yet so near 

I can see the day when my hair's full gray 

And I finally disappear 



IA ORA TE NATURA 

E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI 

IA ORA TE NATURA 

E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI 



UA PAU TE MAITAI NO TE FENUA 

RE ZAI NOA RA TE ORA O TE MITIE 



Bounty of the land is exhausted 

But there's still abundance on the sea