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Bernice P. Bishop Museum — Bulletin 



KoE Ngaahi Motu Tongatabu; 

 KoE Lavbofo — KoE Fatu e 



TUFUI ^ 

 Kc fanongo mai, e kanokanona, 

 Kau lave motu pe te ke iloa ; 



Ki homautolu Fangalongonoa. 

 Ne fua i Onevai he totoka ; 

 Koe motu lelei ia o Tonga, 

 Lataanga oe fakahakonoa. 



Angi ae matangi tonga, 



He-a-e-i-a-ho-la ! 



He-he-i-a-he-he-a ! 

 Mokotuu ena, mo Velitoa ; 

 Hange ha vakatou kuo hola, 

 Ae tomohopo a Malinoa 

 Oka tuu matahavili a Tonga. 



Angi ae matangi tonga, 



He-a-e-i-a-ho-la ! 



He-he-i-a-he-he-a ! 

 Velitoahihifo mo Monuafe, 

 Ngata mei Tanoa mo Feleave ; 

 Naa ita i loto oe punake, 

 He oku vikia ae mata hangale, 



Kau foki pe au ki Hahake. 



Angi ae matangi tonga, 



He-a-e-i-a-ho-la ! 



He-he-i-a-he-he-a ! 

 Ko Ata koe motua fonua. 

 Mo Eueiki pea mo Eua ; 

 Nae fusi e Maui ki olunga. 

 Ko Kalau, e motu ngali niua, 



Ne fekei ai ae ongo otua. 

 Ta koe fingota e fiemua, 

 Kuo tuku hono ngeesi i uta, 

 Ka ka alu o hcke telefua. 



Angi ae matangi tonga, 



He-a-e-i-a-ho-la ! 



He-he-i-a-he-he-a ! 

 Ko Lotuma mo Folokolupe, 

 Ko Lekiafaitau nofo ne : 

 Tangaloa e tuu niakehe pe, 

 Ko Puleniafi mo Ongolatc. 



Angi ae matangi tonga, 



He-a-e-i-a-ho-la ! 



He-he-i-a-he-he-a ! 



>* From Koe Makasini a Koliji, vol. 

 Shirley Baker. 



9 Hangale tree here symbolizes the 

 the beaches of which it grows. 



The Islands of Tongatabu: The 

 Wonder-Chant — The Com- 

 position OF TuFui 

 Listen, oh, alto singers, 

 I will sing of the islands and see if you 



know them ; 

 Yonder the beach of Fangalongonoa. 

 It was made by Onevai to be calm ; 

 That is' the best island of Tonga, 

 The place allures for a pleasure trip. 



When blows the south wind, 



He-a-e-i-a-ho-la ! 



He-he-i-a-he-he-a ! 

 Mokotuu there, and Velitoa ; 

 Like a vessel that has absconded, 

 Tlie falling and rising of Malinoa 

 When Tonga stands facing the wind. 



When blows the south wind, 



He-a-e-i-a-ho-la! 



He-he-i-a-he-he-a ! 

 Velitoa-west and Monuafe, 

 Ending with Tanoa and Feleave ; 

 Lest becomes angry the mind of the poet, 

 Because is praised the bud of the hangale 



trec.u 

 I will return to the east country. 



When blows the south wind, 



He-a-e-i-a-ho-la ! 



He-he-i-a-he-he-a ! 

 Ata is the oldest land 

 And Eueiki and Eua ; 

 Was pulled up by Maui. 

 Kalau, an island appearing to have plenty 



of coconuts. 

 Quarrelled over by two gods. 

 Why it was a shellfish and cunning. 

 And left its empty shell on shore. 

 While it went and crawled naked. 



When blows the south wind, 



He-a-e-i-a-ho-la ! 



He-he-i-a-he-he-a ! 

 Lotuma and Folokolupe, 

 Lekiafaitau stands here : 

 There stands Tangaloa sliding, 

 Puleniafi and Ongolate. 



When blows the south wind, 



He-a-e-i-a-ho-la ! 



He-he-i-a-he-he-a ! 



3, p. 9, 1876. Translated by Miss Beatrice- 

 Hihifo (west) district of Tongatabu, along 



