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11. He dragged it along ; 



1 2. He ran off with it ; 



13. He walked off with it ; 



14. Shout, shout, 



15. For the kava of Longo-papa. 



16. Shake, council ground, shake, 



17. For he throws it down ; it falls with a crash. 



18. " There is the kava that I split up, [says Fanonga,] 



19. O Sa-Tangaloa; there is the kava ; chew it [now]; 



20. I have kept in reserve the Yai-tina." 



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21. A joyous day, a day of delight, 



22. When heavenly things were brought down from the fale'ula, 



23. And the sacred kava chewers were paying respect to it. 



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24. The kava that was planted by Pava 



25. [Is at] Saua-e-'ava, on the sea side of the road, 



26. And at Malae-'ava on the landward side of the road. 



27. The kava is spread out to dry ; the stem of the kava is yellow; 



28. The kava that was planted amongst the stones and on the rock. 



29. But it is overshadowed by the leaves of the fagafaga tree; 



30. Its pith is white like the sigano blossoms. 



31. O kava, the food of chiefs, 



32. The kava [goes up] near to the backbone [of the island]. 



33. O kava, many are thy plantings ; 



34. [In heaps] thy burden is piled up. 



35. [With] the fly-flicker and the sun-shade, 



36. And my staff of office, if I attempt to stand, down I fall. 



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37. O kava, that came down at Fale'ula, 



38. Whence the three lands had their kava ; 



39. Olosenga is a land of mountains ; 



40. Ofu is the first to receive Upolu ; 



41. Aunu'u has no standing bush to burn; 



42. There is Fui'ava and Taufi ; 



43. They two planted kava by the roots of the breadfruit tree ; 



H— September 2, 18tl. 



