[Verse 1: Opetaia Foa'i, Choir]
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
O'lo o'lo maka

[Chorus: Opetaia Foa'i & Choir]
Aue, aue
Nuku i mua
Te manulele e tataki e
Aue, aue
Te fenua te mālie
Nae ko hakilia mo kaiga e

[Verse 2: Lin-Manuel Miranda & Opetaia Foa'i]
We read the wind and the sky when the sun is high
We sail the length of the seas on the ocean breeze
At night, we name every star, we know where we are
We know who we are, who we are

[Chorus: Opetaia Foa'i, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Choir, Opetaia Foa'i & Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa'i & Choir]
Aue, aue
We set a course to find
A brand new island everywhere we roam
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 a never-ending chain
Aue, aue
Te fenua te mālie
Nae ko hakilia
We know the way