Ehara i te mea (It is not a new thing)

This is version of a Māori song from New Zealand composed by Eru Timoko Ihaka (1876-1937) and arranged Nick Prater.

Ehara i te mea

Ehara i te mea
Nō ināianei te aroha
Nō ngā tūpuna
Tuku iho tuku iho

Whakapono tūmanako
Te aroha ki te iwi
Nō ngā tūpuna
Tuku iho tuku iho

Te whenua te whenua
Te oranga mo te iwi
Nō ngā tūpuna
Tuku iho tuku iho

It is not a new thing

Not the thing
of recent times, is love
but by the ancestors it has been
passed down, passed down.

From the land, the land
comes the wellbeing of the people;
by the ancestors it has been
passed down, passed down.

Faith, hope
and love;
by the ancestors they have been
passed down, passed down.

Listen to a recording of this song

Listen to a recording of this song recorded at the "Bangor to Bethlehem" Palestine festival at Hendre Hall

Other recordings of this song

Source of lyrics and translation
http://www.maori.org.nz/waiata/?d=page&pid=sp137&parent=115
http://folksong.org.nz/ehara_i_te_mea/index.html

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