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Bcntice P. Bishop Museum — Bulletiu 



Toli ae siale oka mapaki. 

 Tui pea tau kahoa ki tahi. 



mamata he vaka papalangi 

 Pea moe taulanga tongiaki. 



Ka fiinga Toku leva e matangi, 



Pea fanongoa mei lotoa 

 Kuo peaua e loto fanga, 

 Fakanamuli kuo kaiiia. 

 Te tiiii i Alaimuitoa 

 Pea ulu alo mai e pua 



1 he funga vai i Velitoa. 

 Hange ha kumi oku folofola 

 Ae tuu ae Tongoleleka. 

 Oka teitei to e laa 



Pea hama e niu i Lifuka. 



Oka tauloniaki e tonga 

 Tepa he mounga o Tofua 

 Mo tokona Kao kuo kaina. 



And the blown gardenias which are falling. 

 Threads she the flower garlands for us 



when we go to sea. 

 Let us have a look at the European vessel 

 And the double sailing canoe at the 



anchorage. 

 While the north wind blows from the isle 



of Toku, 

 There is heard from the chief's enclosure 

 The roar of the waves on the beach, 

 Which is peopled with strangers. 

 Let us stand at the beach .•\laimuitoa 

 When blows the wind 

 Over the top of the well at Velitoa. 

 Like a piece of black tapa spread out 

 Lies the beach of Tongoleleka. 

 When the sun is nearly setting 

 Stand out like the masts of vessels the 



coconuts of Lifuka. 

 When the south wind blows 

 The moitntains of Tofua are seen 

 And the summit of Kao seems peopled. 



Matangi ke tua Koloa 



Ke ke haha he taulanga vaka 



Hau ta vikia Nukualofa. 

 Ke ta hake i Tongataeapa 

 O fehui ki he otu lotoa, 

 "Koefe nai Onenialama?" 

 Nae ai e fa tuutaha 

 He esi o Pua mo Fefinea, 

 He vai ko Finenaakakala. 

 He lotolo ae ngingie uta, 



Nga ae manu koe toloa. 

 Oka langaia he faikava, 



Hau ta tukua veitata ; 



Ka ta hake i tukunga tokelau, 



Fale tuuloto mo vakahahau, 



Moe vai ika tokua ne tanu. 



Puli ange ha mca iate au, 

 He ko sii viki a sii Vavau? 

 Oka tonga e matangi kau alu 



A Chant — By F.\lep.apal.\ngi '" 



O wind, blow from the back of Koloa 



island 

 So that you may make rough the anchor- 

 age. 

 Come, we will praise Nukualofa. 

 We will land at Tongataeapa 

 And ask at the different enclosures, 

 "Oh, where is Onenialama?" 

 There was there a pandanus standing alone 

 Near the mounds of Pua and Fefinea, 

 By the pool of Finenaakakala. 

 Where the ngingie plant grows on the 



bank. 

 There cries the wild bird called duck. 

 When preparation is started for the kava 



party, 

 Come, we two will go together; 

 We will go up to the north end. 

 To the bouse standing in the middle and 



to the vessel of mist. 

 And to the fish pond that was buried, it is 



said. 

 Is there anything that is forgotten by me. 

 When I praise slightly poor Vavau ? 

 When tlic wind blows from the south, to 

 Vavau I go 



" 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 Metliodist Church. Nukualofa, Tonga. 

 Translated by Miss Beatrice Shirley Baker. 



