Gift or d — Tons'an Place Names 



Fakapo kuo langa a atu, 



Kuo fakalolo ki tokelau. 



Kuo kapa talifaki a manu 



I Tuungasika mo Luafatu, 



Luamoko moe motu ko Kitu. 



Sii falo ae mounga ko Vou 



Kuo tafitonga ehe malu. 



Uoisoiike ! naa koha mala, 



Hoto ofa ki Vavau kuo langa, 



He fonua ne ngali katoanga. 



Nae taha pe ki ai e tala 



The lautele moe folivaka ; 



Mo hono lelei fai evaanga. 



Kapau ha Haafuluhao hena taha 



Pea hau mua o fanongo he taanga. 



Viki ka to lulunga. 



Alo i tua Hunga 



Ka ko Totokafoiiua. 



Te tuu i Tauta o mamata ki Taula 



Mo sii siale o Muomua. 



Ha mau ko e i ikai a matatua ; 



Ko loto ke tuku a Tongatapu 



Moe mata hangale kau alu, 



Koeuhi ke lelu ai sioku ofa, 



Ki he liku i Matuanua. 



Sii manu siu e ene nga 



Koe mohe ape e ki Likua ; 



Kae a ki he Fonongatoa 



O sio hifo he Toalofa 



Ki he mapuna hake ae laa 



Ihe hake anga o Lepuha. 



Kau hake he ki Maluhola 



Kau Iiifo ki Finekahoafa 



O toli he vao kulukona 



Ke omi ke fiuhekina e taha, 



Maama teunga fakaniua, 



Ke ngangatu ho tau po hiva. 



Oh ! the bonito have come and departed, 



And have gone to the north. 



The birds are hovering 



In Tuungasika and Luafatu, 



In Luamoko and the island of Kitu. 



The expanse of the hills of Vou 



Is cleared by the calmness. 



Alas ! it may be bad luck. 



But my love for Vavau is unbearable. 



For the land of feasting and joy. 



Vavau is the one place that is discussed 



In shooting and sailing; 



Its' beauties are for pleasure trips. 



If one of you came from Haafuluhao 



Approach and listen to the song. 



Praise will be too for the west. 



I paddle around the back of Hunga 



And to Totokafonua. 



I stand on Tauta and look to Taula 



And to the gardenia of Muomua. 



This poet is not well informed ; 



He may have left Tongatapu 



And the hangale trees and gone. 



Just to weary my love, 



To the liku of Matuanua. 



The fishing bird is crying 



And is going to rest at Likua ; 



But it will awaken to fly to Fonongatoa 



.-Xnd look down to Toalofa 



To the rising of the sun 



At the ascending place of Lepuha. 



I'll turn up here to Maluhola 



And descend to Finekahoafa 



To pick flowers at the kulukona woods 



And bring them for someone to plait. 



To decorate us for the fakaniua dance, 



To perfume us in our night singing. 



The six poems on the following pages were composed by men now 

 dead. Two of the poems are by Tufui. Koe Ngaahi Motu o Tongatapu 

 deals with the islands of the Tongatabu group and Koe Taanga eni a Tufui 

 treats specifically of the weather shore, or liku, of Tongatabu island. Koe 

 Taanga eni a Futa likewise deals with the weather shore of Tonga- 

 tabu. The poet Falepapalangi is responsible for two poems: a chant 

 which deals with Lifuka island in the Haapai group, and a chant which 

 •describes a trip in which both the Tongatabu and the Vavau groups are 

 visited. The sixth poem is anonymous. Although it bears the title "Koe 

 Fa" (The Pandanus) comparatively little of it actually deals with that 

 tree and its fruit ; most of the verses deal with features of the natural 

 scenery. 



