Gifford — Tonmn Place Names 



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11. Ana f ale pea mo Otaongo, 

 Vaitafe nofo ne ka ma o 

 Matalave e muitolotolo 



Hake ai ki Vakatauoho. 



12. Ko Makaakiu pea mo Lafai, 



Hoto ofa he Fakaaungalahi ; 

 Ko Nuha mo Nuha fakafeangai. 

 Ta hakea Tafulava ki uta ni. 



13. Koe Niu hono vai kaukau. 

 Ko Fakamoui nofo kau alu 



Ko Taanga moe Tufu fakalanu 



Moe toa malele ki hakau. 



14. Mahumei moe Koloneulo, 

 Hoto ofa ki Anafeleoko; 

 Talotunu ene fasi paolo 

 Moe maka ko Lefiopopoto. 



15. Tufunua hono vai fakakata, 



Fakahafu" ai Tui Haatala ; 



Ene lupe ne fokotuu he maka 

 Ne iloa ehe vaka tuku kafa. 



Ngata ai e viki matafanga ; 

 Ka manatu e pea mate taha. 



11. Anafale and Otaongo, 



O stream stay while we two go 

 To Matalave at the end of the 



promontory 

 And ascend the shore at Vakatauoho. 



12. The Rock of the Plover and the water 



of Latai, 

 My love to the surf Fakaaungalahi ; 

 Nuha and Nuha face each other. 

 We will go by Tafulava to the shore. 



13. Niu is his bathing water. 

 Fakamoui, remain while I go 



To Taanga and the Tufu stream of 



bathing water 

 And the casuarina tree that bends to 



the reef. 



14. The surf Mahumei and Koloneulo, 

 My love to the Sheltering Cave ; 



The wave Talotunu breaks and creeps 

 And the rock Lefiopopoto. 



15. Tufunua and its waters that make one 



laugh, 

 Tui Haatala submerged his head there ; 



His pigeon was placed on a stone 

 And was' found by a vessel putting 



down the fishing net. 

 That ends the praising of the seashore; 

 li anyone remembers it all he will die. 



Koe Taanga eni a Futa'' 



1. Ke fanongo mai e loto matala, 

 Kau lave au ki he otu fanga, 

 Ki hoo mautolu liku fakalata; 

 Naa viki kehea mai e taha. 



2. Ete viki ka fua he Likutapu, 



Anahulu ena mo Tukuatu, 



Fotumoko feangai moe Ngalu, 

 Holaanga o Hina mo Sinilau. 



3. Nukumalolo ka ko Laulea 

 Feangai moe Pupuamatea ; 

 Fasi mei lalo a Fakaleleva. 

 Ta fanifoa ka tau hakea. 



A Chant by Futa 



1. Listen you with intelligent minds. 

 While I sing of the sea shore, 



Of our weather shore that entices ; 

 Lest some one else should praise it first. 



2. My praise will be for the Sacred 



Weather Shore, 

 The Illuminated Cave there and 



Tukuatu, 

 Fotumoko which is opposite Ngalu, 

 The place to which Hina and Sinilau 



fled. 



3. Nukumalolo now called Famous 



Is opposite the deadly whirlpool Pupua ; 

 With breakers below stands Fakaleleva. 

 Let us play in the surf, then go ashore. 



" Fakahafu is the act of lying on the back in the water, submerging the head, 

 and bringing it up quickly, so that all the hair lies straight back. 



" From manuscript in the possession of Mrs. Rachel Tonga, Pangai, Lifuka. 

 Translated by Miss Beatrice Shirley Baker. 



