Tatou o tagata folau e vala'auina

E le atua o le sami tele e o mai

Ia ava'e le lu'itau e lelei

Tapenapena

Aue, aue

Nuku I mua

Te manulele e tataki e

Aue, aue

Te fenua, te malie

Nae ko hakilia mo kaiga e

We read the wind and the sky

When the sun is high

We sail the length of 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 row

Aue, aue

We keep our island in our mind

And when it's time to find home

We know the way

Aue, aue, we are explorers reading every sign

We tell the stories of our elders

In the never ending chain

Aue, aue

Te fenua, te mālie

Nā heko hakilia

We know the way