Couplet :
'Oe Marama o te e'a ti'a
(you are the Moon for the right direction)
O tei ha'a'ati i te ao nei
(you are the one which circle the world)
Ma te horo'a mai te maramarama
(you give the light)
Ei turama i te ao e te po haumaru
(you light the world and the soft night)
'Oe e tomo mai i roto i to'u ora
(you are the one who enter in my life)
'Oe Marama ta'u i poihere nei (you are the moon I take care and love)
Refrain :
(E) Marama o te e'a ti'a
O tei piri e o tei atea
(the one who come close to me and go far from me)
Vai o'ao'a noa
(Be happy all the time)
Marama o te e'a ti'a
O tei piri e o tei atea
Vai auraro noa (you obey to the nature all the time - you are there all the time)
Couplet 2 :
'Oe Marama o te e'a ti'a
O tei mata 'ata i te ao nei
(You smile to the sun)
Ma te 'apo mai te moemoea
(You catch the dream)
Ei turama i te ao e te po haumaru
(and you light the day and the soft night)
'Oe e tomo mai i roto i to'u mafatu (you are the one who enter in heart)
'Oe Marama ta'u i o'ao'a nei
(You are the Moon who make me happy)
Refrain :
(E) Marama o te e'a ti'a
O tei piri e o tei atea
Vai o'ao'a noa
(You stay happy all the time)
Marama o te e'a ti'a
O tei piri e o tei atea
Vai auraro noa
(You obey to the nature all the time)

Verse 1

Noho a'era te atua Tefatu
(The god Tefatu,)
Te fatu nu'u, te fatura'i
(Lord of the armies, Lord of the heavens,)
I te atua vahine ia Fa'ahotu
(Joins with the goddess Fa'ahotu,)
Te hotu o te mau mea ato'a
(The embodiment of fertility.)
Fānau mai ra i te vahine mātāmua
(Thus the first human woman is born,)
Te vahine o te piha Ta'ata nei
(The human vessel from which all humanity springs.)

Verse 2

E aha rā tō te ao Ta'ata?
(What would the world of humankind be)
'Aore e vahine, apore e 'apu
(Without woman, without the shell?)
Inaha 'o te vahine, _ te vahine te 'apu
(For woman is the shell—)
Te 'apu o te tāne, _ o te vahine
(The shell of man, the shell of woman,)
Te 'apu o te Ta'ata nei.
(The shell of all humanity,)
'Apu mātāmua roa o te Ta'ata nei
(The very first vessel of humankind.)

Chorus

'O Hina__ te 'ai aro
(It is Hina, the lineage.)
'O Hina__ te 'ai tua
(It is Hina, the ascent.)
'O Hina__ te mata mua
(It is Hina, the beginning.)
'O Hina__ te mata muri
(It is Hina, the end.)

'O Hina__ Te vahine mātāmua roa
(It is Hina, the very first woman.)
'O Hina__ i te piha Ta'ata nei.
(It is Hina, the first woman of humanity.)
'O Hina__ Te 'apu mātāmua roa
(It is Hina, the original shell,)
'O Hina__ te-'u' uti maha-ai-tua-mea.
(The one through whom birth and deliverance come.)