156 REV. T. POWELL ON THE 



Translation of the Poem of Contention. 



, The Messenger-god, in the form of Tari, flies over the vast 

 exi^anse of ivaters. 



1. " Rollers flooding ; rollers dashing ; 



2. Rollers fighting ; rollers crashing ; 



3. The current of waves and the succession of waves, 



4. Surging high, but breaking not : 



5. Waves reclining; waves dispersing; 



6. Waves agreeable ; waves gentle ; 



7. Waves affrighted; waves leaping ; 



8. Waves breaking ; waves warring ; 



9. Waves roaring; waves storming; 



10. Waves human ; waves marching from East to West, 



11. Whose companion^ is the wandering current. 



12. Turi from the ocean must rest in the heavens ; — 



13. O Tagaloa, I fain would rest; — 



14. These lower waves affright my breast ! 



15. Whore is the land, which first up-sprang 



LE Solo o le Va. 



"0 le ujni ha a h Turi (o Ic ata ha o Tagaloa-savali) ia Tagaloa- 

 faatutiqm-nuu," i.e., " The address of the Turi (ivhich is the shadow of 

 Tagaloa the Messenger) to Tagaloa the Creator." 



1. " Galu lolo ; ma gaki fatioo 



2. Galu tau ; ma gaki fefatia'i 



3. le auau peau ma le sologa peau 



4. Na ona faafua a e le fati. 



5. Peau taoto ; peau ta'alolo ; 



6. Peau make ; peau lagatonu ; 



7. Peau a lili'a ; peau la'aia ; 



8. Peau fatia ; peau taulia ; 



' 9. Peau tautala ; peau lagavaa ; 



10. Peau tagata; peau a Sifo mai Gaga'e : 



11. lona soa le Auau tataa. 



12. E mapu i lagi Turi mai vasa ; 



13. Tagaloa, fia malolo, 



14. Ta lili'a i peau a lalo ! 



15. Fea le nuu na lua'i tupu, 



* As an aide-de-cajnp. 



