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

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Songs of Moana concert live at the Michael Fowler Centre.

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

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Twitter @Tevaka

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
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Lyrics and translation to the unreleased extension to "Tulou Tagaloa":

E IEI TE MEA TATAU NA FAI  – there’s a task that needs to be done 
E IEI KOE - it’s all there with you
TO LAGONA - you feel it
KAUTU KO VE - it’s centred on that
FAKAMAKEKE  - stay strong
TO LAGONA - you feel it 
KE ILOA FAIGA - and you know how
E IEI TE MEA TATAU NA FAI - there’s a task that needs to be done
E IEI KOE – it’s all there with you
TO LAGONA - you feel it 
KAUTU KO VE TO LAGONA VENA - it’s centred on what you feel there 
SEI E VA’AI MAIA  - so you can see           
MANAIA O LE TATOU OLAGA - our wonderful way of life

For full lyrics and translations:

OfficialTevaka
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When you realize how HUGE the Pacific Ocean is, you really get a sense of the bravery of the ancient wayfinders.

anthonyvillanueva
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Every song in Moana is perfectly beautiful but *THIS SONG* strikes my soul.. it’s as if it’s sending current in my spine that it gives me chills ... This song is my favorite in the entire movie

popsicles_emme
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As a Samoan boy who was born in Guam and then was raised in the states...I couldn’t help but cry when I heard this song in the movie. It’s truly inspiring to understand where I came from. Luckily, I was raised in a Samoan church and went to Vaisala in 2008. When I heard this song I couldn’t help but smile for my ancestors. We made it and we are still HERE.

smeech
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The chant at the beginning is a common chant for people who lives in the pacific, from ibatan, ifugaos and babaylans in the Philippines to the Maoris and Polynesians to the natives in the Americas, we are deeply connected by our past, the oceans and nature connects us, which makes you wonder, with technology all over the place why are getting more and more disconnected? And I think one of the reason is our disrespect for mother nature.

supermarkgeder
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As a Hawaiian decendent this makes me very emotional, my culture is disappearing slowly and this helps connect us to our ancestors and traditions that is shared across all Polynesians islands. Mahalo and much love.

ashtonpope
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I have to admit that every time I hear these traditional songs from Moana, I cry. Probably tears of joy. The beat just strikes my heart. Even though I don't understand the words, I feel happy. This is beautiful. ❤️

MrsChiradee
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I remember when I first watched Moana with my family, The Big boats appeared and my Tongan dad looked proudly at the screen, turned to me and pointed and said, “Those were our people” I’ve never felt so much pride in my heritage. Despite being Tongan and having a native Tongan dad, I was still widely disconnected from my culture. Seeing those ships and our people sail them was like hearing music for the first time.

tuiman
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“We tell the stories of our elders through a never ending chain” 🥺

As someone with Indigenous American & Mexican ancestry, this particular line hits me right in the soul and brings a tear to my eye every single time. So beautiful. Much love to the beautiful Polynesian people! I feel like we’re cousins lol

marisolfuentes
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Damn. We are all so rich of beautiful cultures around this world. <3

Erik_Ahl
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This culture just makes me cry tears of joy so much. Ugh this is beautiful.

forgedinink
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I'm black, but popular movies in media like this and in the heights fill me with pride. Ancestor remembrance and veneration of any kind, really, is beautiful to me. Thank you for sharing your beautiful voices and culture with us <3

avitaylor
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0:37 Can you imagine the feeling of that woman calling out from a boat at night, in the middle of the Pacific ocean, with not a island in sight, only the neverending horizon and the jaw dropping night sky above her head? Imagine the silence interrupted only by whooshing of some waves... And then her voice is answered by her own echo from a distant island yet to find!!! 😮
...Did that beginning just gave me chills? My gosh, I think it did!!

m-edesharnais
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The Aztec Descendants is my story. I wish we could’ve preserved ours like this. Much love from Mexico

sumtingwog
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as an Indonesian, moana brings me and my family together. My mom, a manadonese, often tell stories about how native manadonese like sanger and tanawangko always call the tagaloa before they sail. thank you disney for making me proud as an eastern indonesian <3

amaliafitrybaruna
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This is so beautiful! I don’t understand why people don’t like it.

alyannagraham
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I don't care what ethnicity you are from, these kind of music, traditional, no matter what country, tribe or ethnicity it came from makes me cry. The man's voice is just so soothing. it's warm, like a grandpa's loving and caring embrace.

learninghowto
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I am not polynesian myself but 14 years ago I fell in love with a polynesian boy, my high school sweetheart. He taught me about his culture and traditions . Although it didn't work our between us, I will never forget how deep, rich, and beautiful the polynesian culture is. I fell in love with the culture, the history and the stories. The polynesian culture is the perfect example of how to keep values, traditions and cultural practices in tact through thousands of year. The rest of the world must observe and learn from you. We must all remember our past, to have a future. We must remember we are all people OF this earth, not the people who created it. It created us. Thank you for teaching me that.

Mrs.Campos
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God bless all the Pacific's Islands.

POLYNESIAN PRIDE 💪

neiahmataele
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Proud to be the PACIFIC ISLANDER. I’m a Moluccan boy from eastern Indonesia. We share the same culture, language as well as myths and beliefs with you guys. We’re all Pacific People. Molo’uku / Maluku / Spice Islands is an archipelago in Western Melanesia and indeed we know who we are🔥. Mena!!

aldiron