FOLK-SONGS AND MYTHS FROM SAMOA. 391 
that mere quotation from it is enough. Of this nature is the following 
song about Valia and Tiapa, founders of the tribes of Savaii. Some of 
the people of that island deny the statement that Valua and Tiapa came 
from Manu‘a, but to settle the dispute you have only to say ‘ Ia, fai mai 
se soifua,’ ‘Come, tell us the story of a life,’ for this story is called a soifua 
and decides the question. Some of the references in it are so old that 
the present generation does not understand them. 
The Solo. 
1, O Manu‘a se nu‘u au mamala. 
Manu‘a is a land bringing calamity [if slighted]. 
2. Folau aitu, folau tagata : 
[From it] spirits go a-voyaging, men go a-voyaging 
3. I Saua ma Sopo-Le-Malama— 
To Saua and Sopo-Le-Malama 
4. Ile atu Toga, ma le atu Fiti— 
To the Tongan group, and to the group of F iji; 
5. Folau i le atu To‘elau, 
They voyage to the Tokelau group 
6. Ma Sa-Vavau. 
And to Sa-Vavau. 
7. Fesili Nonoa le ava ; 
_ Nonoa asks for the boat-opening ; 
8. Ai la outou folauga na. 
That, I think, is the place you have to go to. 
9. A outou oi A‘ana; 
You are about to go to A‘ana; 
10. Tou afe a‘e i Aleipata ; 
You will call in at Aleipata ; 
11. I tua le Moso ma Le-Laulala, 
Behind it are Moso aud Le-Laulala, 
12 Ta mata‘utia i Utu-fala-fala. 
Who are dreaded in Utu-fala-fala. 
13. So‘n fesili po ua tonu. 
Let me ask whether that is the correct [route]. 
14. Lo outou tali mua na. 
That is your first answer. 
15. Ai ia Savai'i lafa-lafa— 
hen on to Savai‘i which is level— 
16. Na ‘uuna Valua ma Tiapa. 
[A land] which Valua and Tiapa took possession of- 
