Gifford — Tongan Place Names 



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14. Kepeliki ena mo Neiafu, 

 Tuulanga uta fasi ke maau. 



He telia e matangi tokelau, 

 Fakaofa e hingano ene hafu. 



15. Ko Ovaka pea mo Feauaki, 

 Nukunamo e Hifonga moe Api ; 

 Ko Loutokoto ka fasi maahi 

 Ta fanifoa kata hake mai. 



16. Anafungavai nofo ne, 



Anafale mo Einetapate 

 Makapapa moe ulu siale. 



Hake ai ki Ngutuofafine. 



17. Laka mei Eua mo fanga lahi, 

 Tufu mangamanga ko siono vai : 

 Kau kefu ene hake taulaki. 



Neiloa he vaka tuku meai. 

 Ngata ai e viki matatahi. 



Ka manatu e pea ke mahaki. 



14. Kepeliki there and Neiafu, 



Where the waves of the shore break 



and roll in succession. 

 When the north wind blows, 

 Pitiful is the dropping of the hingano 



flowers. 



15. Ovaka and Feauaki, 

 Nukunamo at Hifonga and Api ; 



At Loutokoto where the waves break 

 We two will play in the surf, then go 

 ashore. 



16. Cave at the top of the water, stay 



while we go. 

 And Anafale and Finetapate 

 And Makapapa and the row of 



gardenias 

 Let us go up to the place called 



Ngutuofafine. 

 I". Passing from Eua and the big beach, 

 Brackish and spread open its water : 

 Yellowish as though one had washed 



his head with clay. 

 The vessel found the meai fish. 

 That is the end of my praising the sea 



shore. 

 If you remember it all you will die. 



A Chant About Lifuka — By Falepapalangi ^^ 



Hoto ofa talai ki he matangi. 

 He mea koa he hua o hai 

 A etau nonofo he fonua ni. 

 Sani mai e fanga ko Keitahi, 

 Moe ongo o Tausisii vakai. 

 Kohai koa kei lata ai? 

 Ke hange koe otu Haapai : 

 Ka havili pea fengalomaki, 

 Ka malu pea fekitengaki ; 

 Tau vakaia siene fetaki 

 Hange ha hua feilongaki. 

 Amusia Lofia i Vailahi, 



Nae tulekina ene ohu afi. 

 Pea tau mohe lulunga ki ai, 

 Tau ki Paluki ki he Kasivaki, 

 Mohe kia Loupua ki Pangai. 

 Hengihengi pea felangaaki 



Ae fefine oka tangitangi 



My love tell to the wind, 



Which will spread it and fasten 



Our dwelling in this land. 



Beautiful is the beach at Keitahi, 



Where the tidings of Tausisii are heard. 



Who still wishes to stay there? 



See the group of Haapai islands : 



When stormy they are hidden from view. 



When calm they are in sight of each other ; 



Then we see them going hand in hand 



Like friends who have met. 



Envious of Tofua's volcano at the Big 



Lake, 

 Who pushes out her smoke. 

 We will sleep to the west of it. 

 Anchor at Paluki at the Kasivaki beach, 

 And next night sleep at Loupua in Pangai. 

 Early in the morning we'll go about, and 



see 

 The woman when she plucks the opening 



bud. 



" From the Reverend Dr. J. E. Moulton's manuscript, made available by Rev. E. 

 E. V. Collocott and Rev. R. C. G. Page, of the Methodist Church, Nukualofa, Tonga. 

 Translated by Miss Beatrice Shirley Baker. 



