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what language is this?? I thought it was spanish saying something totally different. guess I should learn the real lyrics.



IA ORA TE NATURA [translation:]
E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI NATURE LIVES (LIFE TO NATURE)
IA ORA TE NATURA HAVE PITY FOR THE EARTH
E MEA AROFA TEIE AO NEI (LOVE THE EARTH)

UA PAU TE MAITAI NO TE FENUA BOUNTY OF THE LAND IS EXHAUSTED
TE ZAI NOA RA TE ORA O TE MITIE BUT THERE'S STILL ABUNDANCE
IN THE SEA

Pretty sure it's Tahitian.

I think if you can find a link to church of buffett orthodox. There is a link on there with translations to that and any other songs he has that has lyrics lyrics other than english. Hope that helps.

The song begins with lyrics in Tahitian:

Ia ora te natura
E mea arofa teie ao nei

The translation given is "Nature lives (life to nature), Have pity for the Earth, (Love the Earth)"

It concludes with the same verse plus:

Ua pau te maitai no te fenua
Re zai noa ra te ora o te mitie

Translated as: "Bounty of the land is exhausted, But there's still abundance on the sea."

thanks dez. I have been learning the chords, so now have to learn the correct lyrics.

I thought it was a D G A, just like Franklins Tower but its B A E. I watched the preview from Live from Ang, its an easy song to play. once I get the lyrics down Ill be jammin it....

rich_big wrote:thanks dez. I have been learning the chords, so now have to learn the correct lyrics.

I thought it was a D G A, just like Franklins Tower but its B A E. I watched the preview from Live from Ang, its an easy song to play. once I get the lyrics down Ill be jammin it....

then you can play it for us!!
and yes it is
Tahitian....cool language, cool people.

huh. always wondered what those intro lyrics were, just kinda assumed spanish b/c they sound like it. thanks for the work translating...knowing what the lyrics say adds a whole new dimension to the song. even more beautiful....

If you need help with the chords, the Great Chords Compilation is a great resource.

I always thought the words were Polynesian (i.e. Hawaiian )

But then I've never actually seen any Tahitian text so I had nothing to compare this to....

Try Chordies.com also. They have many JB songs. I still have trouble with that frigging B chord though...

Burny Charles wrote:If you need help with the chords, the Great Chords Compilation is a great resource.

Great to see those again. Thought they were gone...

conched wrote:

Burny Charles wrote:If you need help with the chords, the Great Chords Compilation is a great resource.

Great to see those again. Thought they were gone...

And The Great Lyrics Compilation too.

http://www.cobo.org/knowledge/glc/index.html#0

There is some really great stuff there with some links to these translations:

http://www.cobo.org/knowledge/glc/trans ... tml#Harbor