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"That star in the morning sky is a reminder of our everlasting love."

Tiaho mai rā Te whetu o te ata Kopu i te ao, Pareārau i te pō. Ka tū te ao mārama1 he ao hara.2 Tū mai rā koe hei tohu i ahau, Tū mai rā koe hei tohu i ahau, E kore te aroha, E kaupare noa Hoki mai rā ki ahau, e te tau. Hoki mai rā ki ahau, e te tau. Tiaho mai rā Te whetu o te ata Kopu i te ao, Pareārau i te pō. Ka tū te ao mārama he ao hara Tu mai rā koe hei tohu i ahau, Tu mai rā koe hei tohu i ahau.		Shining over there Is the morning star Venus in the dawn, Saturn in the night. The world of light rises Above a world left behind. You rise up there as a sign to me  You rise up there as a sign to me...  ...that love does not Randomly turn away. Come back to me my darling Come back to me my darling. Shining over there Is the morning star Venus in the dawn, Saturn in the night. The world of light rises Above a world left behind You rise up there as a sign to me  You rise up there as a sign to me.
1. Some lyrics on the internet have he ao marama, a lunar world. This is a typo: we should sing te ao mārama, the world of light. 2. This could be also read as Ka tū Te Ao-mārama he ao hara. In Maori creation mythology, all was Te Pō, in darkness, and then Ranginui and Papatūānuku were pushed apart by Tāne to create Te Ao-mārama for living creatures, leaving the rest of creation behind in darkness.

Guitar Chords Play all these as bar-chords on your guitar, like Te Awhina is doing. Or else put a capo across the neck of your guitar and play simple 3-finger chord-shapes. C Am Dm G Ti-a-C-ho mai Am rā Te Dm whe-tu o te a-G-ta Ko-pu C i te Am ao, Pa-re-Dm-ā-rau i te G pō Ka tū F te ao mā-ra-ma he C ao ha-Am-ra Tu Dm mai rā koe hei G to-hu i a-C-hau Tu Dm mai rā koe hei G to-hu i a-C-hau E Dm ko-re te a-G-ro-ha, E C ka-u-pa-re no-Am-a Hoki Dm mai rā ki a-G-hau, e C tau-Am-au-au Hoki Dm mai rā ki a-G-hau, e C tau When you sing this verse the second time, the tune transposes up one semitone. Play the same bar-chords, but one fret higher up your guitar Or else move your capo one fret up your guitar and play the same easy chord-shapes. Keta Kaiwai-Herbert Keta is a teacher at Te Kura Kaupapa Maori O Nga Mokopuna in Wellington. She composed this song in January 2009 for Maria Te Aorere Ward, a year 13 student at Wellington High School who was dearly loved and missed by the community of Pōneke. Maori songs - Kiwi songs - Home Webpage put onto folksong.org.nz website Dec 2015, corrections made Jan 2020