A Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!


I die! I die! I live! I live!

Ka mate! Ka mate! Ka ora! Ka ora!


I die! I die! I live! I live!

Tenei te tangata puhuru huru


This is the hairy man

Nana nei i tiki mai


Who fetched the Sun

Whakawhiti te ra


And caused it to shine again

A upa ... ne! ka upa ... ne!


One upward step! Another upward step!

A upane kaupane whiti te ra!


An upward step, another.. the Sun shines!!

They look for him and he hides in the kumara pit.They go away eventually and he climbs out.
As above.
If people knew the actual translation, they'd stop saying it.
Shame....