Gifford — Tonmn Place Names 



17 



Ofakahahano mei Anamanu 

 Mahina hala ni ene kakau, 

 Huhulu he otu lotoa tapu. 

 Hoko ki Vavau foki mai mua, 



Naa ngalo a Veimusieua 

 Toa tuii loto api ko Napua 



Pea nioe Vaokahikaiuta. 

 Kuo pitli ai hono atamai. 

 Ko Malaealoa ki tahi ; 

 Faitoka ko Faletuipapai. 

 Tuu mei uta Pulepulekai. 

 Kuo puputuu sioku loto, 

 He ikai ha niea kei ilo. 

 He sia ko Tupouveiongo 

 Felemaka i hono fakalalo. 

 Pea mo nonofo a ka ma o, 

 He kuou ofa ki Mataloko 

 Ngalulahi mo Sisilouango. 

 Neu tuu he Tatauoalo 



mamata ki Falefilimoto. 

 Va ae fine touhingano 



1 he liku o Haafuluhao. 

 Kuo tuku ai sioku loto, 

 Kae hau pe a foi sino, 

 Tangi loimata hono fakapo; 

 Ala he taealoalo. 



He mamahi he tae fienofo. 



And admire, from the cave Anamanu, 

 The road of the moon swimming in the sea. 

 Lighting up the row of sacred enclosures. 

 After visiting Vavau, I'll return [to Ton- 



gatabu]. 

 Lest you forget Veimusieua 

 And the cas'uarina tree that stands in the 



tract Napua 

 And Vaokahikaiuta. 

 The poet has lost there his mind. 

 The cemetery Malaealoa is near the sea ; 

 Therein the tomb called Faletuipapai. 

 Stands inland the tract Pulepulekai. 

 My mind is confused, 

 Not knowing anything more. 

 There stands the mount Tupouveiongo 

 With Felemaka intervening. 

 You remain while we two go, 

 For I have a longing to see Mataloko 

 And Ngalulahi and Sisilouango. 

 I stood on the summit of Tatauoalo 

 And looked towards Falefilimoto. 

 Laughed the women plucking flowers 

 On the weather shore of Haafuluhao. 

 My soul was left there. 

 While only my body came. 

 Crying tear drops at the parting; 

 Oh, dear, that it should be so. 

 The grief of not being able to stay. 



KoE F..\ *' 



1. Fuhi fa malama i Anamanu 



Ngangana he toli e he peau. 



Fuhi fa malama i Mataloko 



Ufia taufia e he ngongo. 

 Fuhi fa malama i Keitahi 



Ngangana he toli e he matangi. 



2. Sia ko Kafoa alu i Talau, 

 Ko eku tatau eni kau alu. 

 Ka ilonga ha ikai teu hau, 

 Kuo kelekele aki Tongatapu. 



3. Tuha pe pipi tongi lolo hea 

 Mo siete tauaalo tafea. 



The Pandanus 



1. The cluster of pandanus fruit glitters at 



the Bird Cave 

 Fallen off through the plucking of the 



waves 

 The cluster of pandanus fruit glitters' at 



Mataloko 

 Hiding the (nesting) noddy tern. 

 The cluster of pandanus fruit glitters at 



Keitahi 

 Fallen off through the plucking of the 



wind. 



2. Mount Kafoa goes with Mount Talau, 

 I remark upon it then go. 



Should it happen that I do not return 

 It is because I have become the soil of 

 Tongatabu. 



3. Like the carved pipi flower and the hea 



oil 

 Is my poor chant that is carried away by 

 the stream. 



18 From Koe Makasini a Koliji, vol. 2, pp. 54, 55, 95, 1875. 



