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Me rathuru salu salu nai alewa 

 Thuru sinu ka umbeti a lemba, 

 Ra mbola rua kau tombena, 

 Ma kerea ko yaudi kau serea, 

 Andi ko a luvata ma na oru lemba, 

 Kau viriani ki na loya leka. 



Ru thakava na lemba kau thakava, 

 Mera ne levu mai a marama, 

 Ta a lik'thuru ki na thungiawa, 

 Thundru tiko ko tinai Thangi-lemba, 

 A onda meke ka suli vakatrava, 

 Katu ni votua sa mai Iala, 

 Vuravaru na vanua saurara, 

 Ravuli vuthura tamu rawataka, 

 N dromu ndole singa ki Muthuata. 



TRANSLATION. 



In Rewa a fine southerly wind was blowing, 

 The wind was blowing from the point of Rewa, 

 And it shakes down the flowers of the sinu tree, 

 So that the women may make garlands. 

 String the sinu, and cover it with the lemba flowers, 

 When put together I will hang it on my neck, 

 But the queen begs it and I take it off; 

 Queen ! take our garland of lemba, 

 I throw it on the little couch. 



Take ye the garland that I have been making, 



That the ladies may make a great noise in coming, 



Let us go to the tl ungiawa, (a house.) 



The mother of Thangi-lemba was vexed, 



Why did you give away our dance ? 



The basket of dance-fees is empty. 



This world is a world of trouble, 



They will not succeed in learning to dance, 



The sun goes down too soon in Muthuata. 



The music of the Feejee Islanders is more rude than that of any 

 people we have had communication with in the South Seas. The 

 men rarely care for music, nor have they any pleasure in musical 

 sounds. The tones of the violin, acordion, flute, and musical-box, 

 which caused so much delight among other islanders, had no charms 

 for them. Their attention is seldom riveted by these instruments, 



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