Giiford — Tonzan Place Names 



Nuku, Hee, Lili, pea mo Nuku; 

 Nae hola ki ai ae nofo hu, 

 Oka mohe hake e Fakatupu, 

 Ki he hoko oe toenga umu. 



Angi ae matangi tonga, 



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



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



Kg Pangaimotu mo Makahaa, 

 Tuu mai ae motu ko Fafa, 

 Nae fai ai e ta maka, 

 O uta ki Langi Taetaea, 



Moe otu langi fua o Mua. 

 Angi ae matangi tonga, 

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

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



Niuui, ho ke fakaofoofo ! 

 Nae tala hono hingoa i he fono 

 Pea mao ai e lea ki loto, 

 "Oku ia ae niu fuongongoo" 

 Ta oku ikai ha foi ngono. 



Angi ae matangi tonga, 



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



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



Oneata fetaki mo Manima. 

 Kau aa keu mohe ki Fasia, 

 O mamata he lafoi oe ika. 



Oku alu kovi, koe malaia ! 

 Ta koe inasi pe ia. 



Angi ae matangi tonga, 



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



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



Kuo puli ai a Ngaunoho : 

 Pe ha esi pe muitolotolo. 



Nukunukumotu mo Fuumilo; 

 Kohai e aa moe ungako? 



Angi ae matangi tonga, 



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



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



Utuloa, pe ha esi pe ha motu ; 

 Nukunave pea Motu Foou ; 

 Ne lelei fakafuonounou. 

 Koe vaka e ka alu ki motu, 

 Ki Mounu ki he taumafa fonu. 



Angi ae matangi tonga, 



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



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



Nuku, Hee, Lili, and to Nuku ; 

 Fled there the suer for pardon, 

 When the Creator went to sleep above. 

 At the joining of the remnant of food. 



When blows the south wind, 



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



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



The islands Pangaimotu and Makahaa, 

 And stands forward the island of Fafa, 

 The cutting of stone was done there, 

 And taken (the stones) to the royal tomb 



Taetaea, 

 And all the row of royal tombs at Mua. 



When blows the south wind, 



He-a-e-i-a-ho-Ia ! 



He-he-i-a-he-he-a I 



Niuui, you are beautiful ! 

 Your name was told at the proclamation 

 And penetrated the words into the mind, 

 "There are there coconuts of large size." 

 But there are not even young coconuts. 



When blows the south wind, 



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



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



Oneata is hand in hand with Manima 

 While I ford to go and sleep at Fasia, 

 And watch the throwing of the net for 



the fish. 

 If it goes wrong, it is accursed ! 

 But that is the portion. 



When blows the south wind, 



He-a-e-i-a-ho-la I 



He-he-i-a-he-he-a I 



Which causes Ngaunoho to disappear : 

 And only the mound at the promontory 



is seen. 

 Nukunukumotu and Fuumilo ; 

 Who will ford with the spiny ungako P" 



When blows the south wind, 



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



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



Utuloa, is it a mound or is it an island ; 

 Nukunave and the New Island ; 

 Which was only nice a short time. 

 There is a vessel that will go to the island, 

 To the reef Mounu for the chief's turtle. 



When blows the south wind, 



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



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



" A small marine sessile animal with sharp spines dangerous to human feet. 



