Kiri Te Kanawa - Tarakihi

[AuroraOnVenice]

It's a kind of Beethoven full of tatoos coming out the jungle and the sea foam. ;)

[Pattipu]

Does anyone out there have a site where it gives the translation of the words of this song from Maori to English?

[thecelticinme]

@Pattipu

you didn't read the video's description, did you?

[Pattipu]

@thecelticinme Nope I didn't..........silly me.

[Pattipu]

@Pattipu Now that I'v looked at the translation I wish I hadn't, very disappointing:(

Lost in translation no doubt.

[mollymophead3]

i have r classical backround and i still enjoy kiris rendition of anything with or without back up

[varetis]

There is something that vocalissimo will never be able to understand and fails to hear. Te wairua hoki o nga matua tupuna i roto i te wai.

[Plumannieduff]

@varetis Tautoko!

[oldskoolguru]

Anyone else searche this because of 'Arohanui'??

[oliviagiles]

tino ataahua!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[connect11000]

"he kahurangi mo te iwi"

..a treasure for the people..

[Spheett]

What language is this in?

[thecelticinme]

@Spheett

Maori, from New Zealand

[tatliber336]

beautiful and powerful! ^^

[talkin2ya]

wow Ka nui te kaha ki roto i te wairua o te waiata. ka tino pai te waiata hoki.

[mcpetropolis]

Listen Kiri is to have a fresh encounter with angels.

[WesChannel]

Magnificent... !!!

[vocalissimo1]

There is, of course, a great deal of sentimentality around Kiri singing these songs, but from am musical point of view, it is a waste of a voice. The tessitura of the songs is all wrong for her, and when she goes into head voice, the sound is very unidiomatic. Sad to hear such a beautiful voice being shouted down by the chorus.

[wowthungsten]

@vocalissimo1 I think I understand what you mean. The song goes back to her cultural identity of course but she doesn't have the right voice for it. It's like trying to carve a turkey with a scalpel.

[vocalissimo1]

@wowthungsten Exactly.

[Plumannieduff]

@vocalissimo1 Your opinion in this commentary is from a critical point of view of waste of space. If it was wrong for her, diva that she is, she would not have done it. I get that you are knowledgeable in the field of music: the texture, pronunciation and head (debatable)/laryngeal voice. Your last sentence applies equally to your opinion.

Kaore te kumara e whaakii ana tana reka. The sweet potato does not say how sweet he is.

Kia ora mai ano

[vocalissimo1]

@Plumannieduff Thank you for your confused and semi-illiterate response.

[Plumannieduff]

@vocalissimo1 An excellent voice is not the sole preserve of a particular genre. It is nice, for those who do not enjoy opera, theatre, classical etal, that most classified singers also have the thoughtfulness to share themselves with a wider audience. Regardless, while Kiri took the lead in this song, she was not solo but part of the group. All in all a wonderful rendition; the raw beauty exquisitely captured.

[001Slan]

@vocalissimo1 I agree, but this is experiment, and it's great!)) It's not Kiri's main line. but I very like this song and album)

[1202463]

This song reminds me of the All Blacks!!

[chickadeerock]

Tumeke song... Love it, one off my favs at the moment..

[dreamloveinspire]

got this CD and it is just magic. this is my favourite of all. love how it gets into the soul.

[windstorm1000]

Kiri getting into her roots. Love it.

[hakaboy6924]

I am barely a fan of opera singers but I take this song with me on all my travels (I left Aotearoa 20 years ago) whenever I am sick and miss my culture I listen to this and all is ok in the world, the kumera never tells how sweet it is.

[isbldayt]

Wow !!! What a fantascic video !!!

[MsGuard2]

awesome awesome awesome - and it's just about a rather noisy little insect! If a thing's worth doing it's worth dloing well.

[SakumaRyuichiNG]

I sickly love this song!! Dame Kiri is so amazing, not just her technique but as well that feeling she has when singing -particularly.- traditional song :3

[jess90us]

First of all, wonderful song. Second of all, it introduced me to a wonderful singer!! I love it! And I can't wait to watch more of her videos!! I haven't been this excited since I found Fredrica von Stade!!!

[tenorschofield]

Bravaaa!!!!

[fantasyfanatic1995]

OMG this is gonna be awesome!!! I'm performing this!!! TCC for life!!!!

[Looksandmake]

Hi!!!! I'm a BIIIG fan of Kiri Te Kanawa, since I was a child, my mother is a soprano and so am I, she is a Goddess to me!!!! I wanted to know if I can use this beautiful song in one of my make up tutorials. :) Thank you so much :) Great vid!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

[thecelticinme]

@Looksandmake

Hi, you are asking the wrong person... I've put the video together with the music but I'm not the copyright holder...never said I was... I'm just trying to promote Dame Kiri's work but I cannot grant permissions.

[Looksandmake]

@thecelticinme Oh, ok, thanks for telling me. :)

I'll try to look for this song somewhere and see if I'm allowed to use it^^

Great video again!!!!

bye!

[super1crazy2freak3]

OMG!!!

this is my official new favorite song!

can't wait to learn this with the TCC!

[gendolad]

This is one of the finest things I have ever heard. Dame Kiri is simply amazing, incredible voice, a truly beautiful woman, and the Maori singers, how exiting are they!. So glad I found this, I will definitely be buying the album. Thanks a lot for posting.

[anrocfan]

From the first day I heard this song I've loved it. Dame Kiri sings it beautifully and with passion. Thank you for uploading.

[MegaJimmyBond]

Oh my God!!!!!!! It took all of 5 seconds for my hair on my arms to stand on end...truly remarkable! Had never heard of her or the song before...

A fantastic upload..appreciated on a massive scale on my behalf!!

[thecelticinme]

@MegaJimmyBond

Glad I could introduce the song to you ;)

You're welcome.

[vidulo48]

@MegaJimmyBond unfortunately I don't know how to express me in English. Few words: She is not a woman, she is a goddness. Beautiful people. The apex of the human brain can create. NON PLUS ULTRA

[leilani2809]

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING !!!!

[spenceabc]

woooooooooow!!!!!!

[MagicalWellecto92]

AWESOMNESS!!! Man it's cool being a Maori/Kiwi.

[beyondbeyondness]

Kia Kaha!

[kristalmagic1]

beautiful kiri...

[isludmi88]

La verdad es que adoro esta cancion!

[isludmi88]

que diden al final los hombres que no entiendo

[isludmi88]

partitura de esto hay?? 

[pepeguis1]

Poderosa, magnética, bellísima canción.

Saludos.

[lty2k84]

I admire here desire and works in different parts of the worlds. Testing the waters, and creating music of the ages.

[easyaids99]

@lty2k84 This was taken in NZ - Kiri is part moaori and this is her country of birth where she learn't her trade.

[trueblueatiuan]

Wow fantastic.....

Luv ds song...Where can i buy one.Living in Auzzie.

Kia Kaha

[BLUFISH61]

kia ora!

[jjsalgado00]

Yo Tenia Este CD YLo Perdi

[exe129]

Wspaniałe !!!

[silokon]

Супер просто просто класс!



[Pfirsichmelonee]

oh, i love this song so much!!!! it´s soo magic!

[ashtarsheran2009]

maravilloso, te eleva al latido de la Tierra. profundo muy profundo.

[GirlOfTemperance]

this is my aunty :L

[joannienz]

ohhhhhhhhhhh this is so

home, i now live in melbourne

[nostopsnopurgatory]

Intense!

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

She is class. You don't see Susan Boyle getting with her traditional roots like Kiri.

[nikolu4]

rewelacja !!!!!!!!!!

[Aarondefyinggravity]

Dame Kiri, SUBLIME !!

[paulostroff99]

Gorgeous!

[Sausauvou]

Thank you very much thecelticinme.

[Sausauvou]

What CD can i get this song ? I love her version of Tarakihi and E papa.

[thecelticinme]

@Sausauvou

The album is called - Maori Songs

The artist - Kiri Te Kanawa

amazon sells it, but is just a suggestion

[rachel20587]

I sooo LOVE this song!!! And I thank LesMills for using this on BodyCombat. The coreography to this song is just awesome!!!

[NeelamAnandii]

wow this is brilliant

[aylagurl2010]

i love this song so powerful awsome

[juispurg]

it great i dunno why but it makes me feel happy dunno why but somehow

[kikivillette]

Merci infiniment !

Cette musique met chaud au coeur...

[areti1]

This is a fantastic song! Dame Kiri is a spectacular singer and New Zealand's greatest artist.

[prof3zah]

She is my mothers first cousin

[novusvox]

Simplemente maravilloso!!

[bolkstoff]

Gänsehaut auch noch nach dem 100. Mal Hören.

Powerful, wonderful, one of the best songs I've heard in my life.

[levante83]

WOW!!!!!!!!

[brianthesailor]

I was not expecting that! I had it cranked, and that was so badass!

Way to go Kiri.

[PhilippineJeann]

Excellent....Bravo...********

Jeann

[gtownrox]

Tarakihi - Cicada...who woulda thought this song would be about a noisy insect!! Tara ra ta ki ta kita - the noise it makes!!

[b43xoit]

yes, cicada or locust; more info at folksong (dot) org (dot) nz/tarakihi/index (dot) html

[gtownrox]

thats HERBS helping with the backing vocals...

[tenor220]

Words do not describe how amazing that was.

[antonySF]

Amazing, a song about an insect -- the cicada -- can be a powerful and uplifting experience, sung in Maori.... :-) This speaks volumes on the native New Zealand culture and its close-reverance to nature.

[muurtalo]

Fantastic!!!

[sonick808]

her arias are amazing. I need to buy more of her cd's

[sandrateager]

WOW!! What a powerful, beautiful song!!!

[samyum12345]

This song is so cool that I could cry!!!!!

[Hidalguia]

Excelente!!!

[samyum12345]

I know this song is cool man!!!

[1MaBreaux1]

What a talent this woman is!!!

[GreenGiant2007]

This is great thanks!

[xetor2000]

sugar, I am originally from Chile (now in US), perhaps the music remind us of Easter Island. But the main reason in the great quality of this recording and of course Kiri

[swanningaround]

xetor. I think Kiri has great talent also. She is particularly loved in the Latin world, particularly in Spain and Brazil. I played some of her recording to some Brazilian ladies who were doing a German course with me. They thought she actually sounded Brazilian, the way she sings. What an honour for her!

[muxadi]

finding inspiration!!!

powerful

thanks kiri

[tommietickles53]

Tino reka te waiata

[leaflessbranch33]

Holy! This is so powerful. Wonderful! Magic

Thanks for posting this!

[xetor2000]

Kiri, no one is better than you!! I just love this song and I am from Chile!!!

[SugarTomAppleRoger]

xetor. Why is Kiri so popular in South America?

[luhvinchject]

I love this!

[HONCHO2004]

best everrrr!!!!...

kiri ricks...

jose manuel

santiago chile

[KURarEp]

Tino nunui te pai???

Tarakihi amazing song brilliant

theres another singer from New Zealand who sings this song a number of times is Elizabeth something and Dame Kiri and Dame Malvina Major New zealands best SINGERS by far.... amazing voices

[suzanneetmoi]

All I can say is WOW! Thanks for sharing this!

[RRydnew]

Great song and dig Kiri's specs!

[1202463]

All Blacks

[Tanu500]

Jolie chanson et tres belle voix !!

Kiri the best !

[wattlesong]

I admire Te Kanawa putting back to her craft and to young singers at the beginning of their careers.

[LorraineAllen]

Wow!

[dsbrownie1]

This is so tight ive never heard this kind of music before. This is off the chain

[tachidah]

Tu meke!! ka mau te wehi!!!

[KariteGurl06]

to be honest, I think out of all the Polynesian languages Maori is the best one to listen to musically! Just something about the Maori language that is so significant!

[kowhaib]

Right going to bed now!...& with this song humming in my dreams lol.

[kowhaib]

My goodness, Ive watched this like 10times already tonight, I should be in bed for work early tomorrow, I cant stop watching this, its addicting, I wish I could sing like her.

[ebonysmum100]

Hi Kowhaib. I agree, this is a very stirring version of Tarakihi. However have a listen to Elizabeth Marvelly doing it - also on YouTube - pretty amazing for one so young.

[VictorLepanto]

You shouldn't listen to such rousing music on a work night.

[thread091]

dont we just Kiri the "heart of NZ"

[BLUFISH61]

Epic. kia ora.

[joannienz]

hello all, this song was performed in Gisborne for the 2000 celebrations, i lived across the road where it was done at dawn and it ws SPECTACULAR!

[ooftchris]

shivers much .

[ayliu121]

Love this song, so powerful!!! although i don't understand the lyrics at all. I am a Chinese, and if this song is about cicadas, in Chinese culture, the metaphor of cicadas means "rebirth" and ancient people put jade cicadas in coffins of the dead to wish for their reincarnation.

[ebonysmum100]

Hi Ayliu. That is really interesting. Yes, it is about the beautiful Cicada. I have the lyrics in Maori and English. you can get the by typing "Lyrics to Tarakihi" into Google. Where would we be without Google ay?

[herschellcorman]

I've heard that the song is a celebration of summer. When I hear it I imagine the heat and the noise of the cicadas.

BTW, I think the second line should be E, ko te rito kia rite (ie not 2 'rite's, just one), and at the end it's Hei Hei Ha.

Thanks for posting this, I'd forgotten the tune at the start, so it's good to be able to sing it again, in time for summer! :-)

[VictorLepanto]

Celebration of summer. Now that makes a good deal of sense. I remember listening to the cicadas in the trees all through the long lazy summers of my childhood.

[kittyanimeluvr]

This song is about a CICADA?! It's so epic...

[VictorLepanto]

& this song w/ all this passion, is about cicada? Does the cicada have some special meaning Maori culture that I can't fathom? There must be some connotation, some meaning I am missing.

[4isamasi]

I am a New Zealander, not Maori so not completely qualified to comment authoritively, but I can tell you that NZ was devoid of any land mammals or fiercesome reptiles and apart from birds and insects there wasnt much for Maori to draw inspiration from in the animal kingdom in terms of the stubborn or mighty other than a cicada. But it is a metaphor none the less.

[VictorLepanto]

Well, any idea as to the meaning the cicada in Maori culture? Do NZ cicadas emerge every year or do they only emerge every few years. We have both kinds here.

When I was child we'd collect the dried husks off of trees in the summer. Some kids would line them up like an army of monsters & throw rocks at them.

[4isamasi]

The cicadas come out every year although i dont know about the individual cycles. Bear in my mind though that a lot of different species of plants and animals have been introduced from the rest of the world and maybe insects too.

[ebonysmum100]

Hi there. Cicadas spend around 17 years underground and then come out for three (approx) glorious days of singing and mating before they die.

[choirfreak26]

I love hearing how versatile this woman is. She never ceases to amaze me :)

[mariajbella]

this song kwell

[Rheesoman]

who's the composer? its realy good.

[edengirl17]

what language is this? it sounds interesting...she has an album with this?thanks

[thecelticinme]

It's Maori (New Zealand) and it's part of "Kiri Maori Songs".

[rigzeee]

thts maori...come to new zealand n meet us! we're a friendly bunch =D

[tanukisaki]

aaaaaaa que canción tan genial!!!! y es maoriiiii que geniiiiiial!!!!!!!!!:D

[andreasscholl]

I loved the song, not the album.

A bit to much of it....

[canipanic]

wow,i heard this and immediately bought the mp3.i bet the highway will never feel the same after hearing this song while driving

[Serai3]

Yes, is this a documentary? Where can we see it?

This is AMAZING.

[thecelticinme]

the documentary is posted on youtube. You can see a playlist with all the videos from it on kirionline site

[ecoflame]

The footage is taken from "Faith & Music." Was this a program or something?

It's tremendous.

[durangomtnmomma]

She is fabulous. She is at least part Maori.

[illsueya99]

Woah, we're doing this song for a music festival but we haven't practiced with the basses and tenors chanting with us yet. I hope it will sound half as good as this!!!

[silvr94]

wow! can she speak maori?

[kaydatzme21]

yup

[atahua01]

I love this song

[azenda1919]

Muhteşem bir ses ve yorum.

[thecelticinme]

Indeed ^^

[ooftchris]

gives me goosebumps.

[maori4s]

HI AUE HI

[edengirl17]

lovely

[gabriel4572]

que maravillosa canción. Siento una emoción especial al escucharla por primera vez. Bravo Kiri

[tuxztbone]

dis song amps me up its gona be my enterance song for my kickboxing fight every one listens to rap to amp up dis is mine

[kzarva]

My blood in my veins rushes fast every time I listen to this song.

La sangre en mis venas corre mas rapido cada vez que escucho esta cancion.

[Tenorpeter]

This is Kiri at her very best. Outstanding

[Nupamaka]

This song is magnificnet so are the Maori people. 8 years ago now I attended a cultural gathering in NZ and was honored to have been sung into 17 Mori's by the wonderful people there. I will not forget the love and kindness that they gave to us . Later on they came to visit us and we offered them the same kindness and hospatality that they gave to us. Nupah Makah L.Cota

[paulhughes1379]

What is the name of the album please?

[thecelticinme]

"Maori Songs"

[kaydatzme21]

i listen to this every day it still gives me shivers

[alvarofede]

alguien me puede decir como se llama la rubia que canta ?? es que he escuchado una cancio nde ella y me quiero descargar todas sus canciones, pero nose como se llama. Gracias

[thecelticinme]

"alguien me puede decir como se llama la rubia que canta ??" - Her name is Kiri Te Kanawa - it's in the title of the video, oh well...

[Ateles29]

Kiri Te Kanawa

[janicesoprano]

I purchased Kiri's Maori CD many years ago, it is so beautiful and so poignant. I love her to bits and this is just what she is, a woman of her roots. Bravo Dame Kiri!

[captsub]

Great song and great video. Love these Maori songs. Brava Kiri!

And thanks for posting, Thecelticinme!

[coraleni]

wow!! dieses lied hat etwas fesselndes!! es klingt großartig!! :)

[merlin0211]

cool wahnsinn

[Aoteabird]

thank you for telling the waiata history it has so much deeper meaning than i thought i must have whatched this clip a dozsen times now i think she's just awsom watched the other clip to so glad she speakes her mind, go kiri!

[PoLeLande]

I love "Maorisongs". ♥

[bobishrink]

BRILLIANT!

Sorry I'm a pakeha in the UK, but as a lover of Maori tangi, this has made my day!

[moffies]

E pakia Kia Kia Rite E Ko Te Rite Kia Rite E Takahia Kia Ngawari E Torona Kei Waho Hoki Mai E Whakarongo Ai Au Ki Te Tangi Mai A Te Manu Nei A Te Tarakihi I Te Weheruatanga O Te Po Tara Ra ta Kita kita Tara Ra ta Kita kita Wiri O Papa Towene Towene Wiri O Papa Towene Towene Hope whai a Ke Turi Whatia Ei Ei Ha

[Miloxcam]

One word... POWERFUL.