Words Chanted On Field, and Their Literal Interpretation
| Taringa whakarongo! | Let your ears listen |
| Kia rite! Kia rite! Kia mau! Hī! | Get ready...! Line up...! Steady...! Yeah! |
| Kia whakawhenua au i ahau! | Let me become one with the land |
| Hī aue, hī! | (assertive sounds to raise adrenaline levels) |
| Ko Aotearoa e ngunguru nei! | New Zealand is rumbling here |
| Au, au, aue hā! | |
| Ko Kapa o Pango e ngunguru nei! | The Team in Black is rumbling here |
| Au, au, aue hā! | |
| I āhahā! | |
| Ka tū te Ihiihi | Stand up to the fear |
| Ka tū te Wanawana | Stand up to the terror |
| Ki runga ki te rangi, | To the sky above,! |
| E tū iho nei, tū iho nei, hī! | Fight up there, high up there. Yeah! |
| Ponga rā! | The shadows fall! |
| Kapa o Pango, aue hī! | Team in Black, yeah! |
| Ponga rā! | Darkness falls! |
| Kapa o Pango, aue hī, hā! | Team in Black, Yeah, Ha! |
The words of both 'Kapa o Pango' and 'Ko Niu Tireni' are taken from the haka of the earthquake god Ruaumoko, Ko Ruaumoko e ngunguru nei. The lines beginning Ka tū te ihi-ihi... are found in many old haka.Ponga ra, ponga ra is the opening line of 'Te Kiri Ngutu,' an 1880s lament for stolen territory.
Read more about this topic: Haka (sports), "Kapa O Pango" 2005
Famous quotes containing the words words, chanted and/or literal:
“The words themselves are clean, so are the things to which they apply. But the mind drags in a filthy association, calls up some repulsive emotion. Well, then, cleanse the mind, that is the real job. It is the mind which is the Augean stables, not language.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Heard a carol, mournful, holy,
Chanted loudly, chanted lowly,”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“The literal alternatives to [abortion] are suicide, motherhood, and, some would add, madness. Consequently, there is some confusion, discomfort, and cynicism greeting efforts to “find” or “emphasize” or “identify” alternatives to abortion.”
—Connie J. Downey (b. 1934)