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A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan vocabulary
III. The Fagono
III. The Fagono
is partly narrative, partly sung by one person;—
1st. ʻO le Fagono. ʻA ʻo Tafitofau la lenei ma Ogafau;
ʻUa leai lava le au uso1 ma lo latou tuafafine; ʻua soʻona matutua,
1 I.e., There was none like them in beauty.
Ona fai atuʻlea lo latou tuafafine, “Tui e, ma Tui ma Tui ma Tui, ʻo lenei ʻua tatou matutua; pe ni a ʻo tatou faiva a fai nei? E lelei ina ia tatou ta tiʻa.” Ona usitaʻi lea i ai ʻo le nuʻu; ona latou ta tìa lea. Ta le tiʻu a Sina; mua i tai. Ta le tiʻa a Sina; mua i uta. Toe ta le tiʻa a Sina; mua i tai. ʻUa leai lava le fafine—ʻua soʻona lalelei; ʻua u mai mata, ʻua ni aiga faʻalala; u mai le tua, ʻua ʻoʻo le malama i Sàua.1
Ona vaaia lea e Sina ʻo le gogo sina, ʻua tipatipa mai tai. Ona faʻapea lea ʻo Sina;
“Oi laʻu tane! ʻo le gogo sina.
ʻOu te manamea i ana tipa.”
Ona tauvalaʻau lea ʻo Sina, “Tui e, ma Tui ma Tui!” Ona sau ai lea ʻo Tuiletafuʻe, ʻo le saualiʻi; ona fefe ai lea ʻo Sina. Ua sau le aitu: ona moe lea i vae o Sina.
Ona o mai lea le au uso tuagane o Sina, ma lana tane, ʻo le gogo sina; ona tepa atu lea ʻua i ai le aitu ia Sina, ona tagi lea.
ʻO Fagono a tagi; ʻa ʻo tagi le tamaloa:—
“Soufuna Sina, soufuna Sina,
Le tama fafine, le feagaiga,
Lota tuafatine, na ʻe tagi i lau tane, ʻo le gogo sina.
E te manamea i ana tipa.
Ifo vanu, aʻe vanu, au manu na.
ʻA e ta alu ita, neʻi ta pau; ta lilia e.”
“Sole Tui, sau i fale;
Tui e, sau i fale, i ta gagase.
Naʻu valaau, ʻo Tui ma Tui!
Oe mai ai le tasi Tui, ʻo Tuiletafuʻe; le moe nei,
Le tofa i oʻu vae nei
Tui e, sau i fale nei.”
Ona tagi lea ʻo Sina;
“Sole Tui e, sau i fale;
Sau i fale, i ta gagase.
Naʻu valaau, o Tui ma Tui!
Oe mai ai le tasi Tui, Tuiletafuʻe; le moe nei.
Tui e, sau i fale nei.”
1 A phrase meaning beautiful.
“Soufuna Sina, le tamafafine,
Lota tuafafine, le feagaiga,
Na ʻe tagi i lau tane, ʻo le gogo sina;
E te manamea i ana tipa.
Ifo vanu, aʻe vanu, au manu na.
ʻA e alu ita nei; ta pau; ta lilia e.”
2d. The Viʻi, the most common of all, is used in praise of chiefs. The first half of each verse is sung by some three or four, and then the latter half is taken up in full chorus. It is accompanied with beating on a mat rolled up, and dancing.
ʻO le Viʻi o Letiutauga
Faʻatali atu e; ʻa ʻo tiu i le manu.
Faʻatali atu e, Tagipo; ʻa ʻo tiu i le manu.
ʻUa ligoligo le ulufanua; ʻa ʻua tau matagi.
A sa matou taumatea, pe ni sasa o papalagi?
Oi, lau tama e! sa f aolioli nei lava i le nuʻu o manu o le tau.
Oi, le ula! e moni o le fuai mamao se aliʻi uei, ʻua gutu i aitu faʻalevao.
Letiutauga, ina folau; po ʻo lelei lava le tagata o le atu toʻelau.
ʻA e le ʻole lea; ina gase moe, ʻo le faiva o tama tane ʻo tau.
3d. The Lagisolo, or funeral dirge, is in form much like the preceding. It is sung slowly, without dancing, in honour of a deceased chief. One of considerable length, in honour of Tato, of Safune, commences—
ʻO le liʻa mai; aue, liʻa mai, &c.1
4th. The Vila, the above, accompanied by clapping of hands, but no dancing. It has also a commencement of its own; thus, and a chorus—
ʻUa taʻafili i mauga lega, ʻua lupe.
Lupe, lupe ulu iva.
ʻO le liʻa mai, aue liʻa mai!
Lupe, lupe ulu iva, &c.
5th. The Talalo is sung slowly, with motion of the hands, and beating the mat. The following is a
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Talalo i Matautu
ʻUa tutunoa, tutunoa,
Au le foa, au le foa,
Tutunoa lenei aso vale.
E le iloa se ata sopovale loʻia e.
Nuʻu a ʻuma si ata sa tane i le utu tau,
Se vaʻa Tufulele, ma nai lagaali o Masefau.
ʻUa faʻaeʻe ma mu ʻatoa le tuavao.
Afu maile fai matatao, Mataia e.
Toli mai sea ʻula e, tau mamao, a galo e.
6th. The Fiti is quite new to Samoans, having been introduced from Fiji. It is accompanied with beating the mat, and motion of the hands.1
7th. The Fatu is sung in honour of a deceased chief, not danced to, nor even used at a dance; more properly in this respect a funeral dirge than the Lagisolo.
Imoaaimanu e i logologo ʻuaʻu sau.
Naʻu suʻilia mai se pupu e logona i vao.
Soufuna faufau, &c.2
8th. The Solo in praise of chief's lands and laumua; sung by one.
Naʻu tipa ifo, tipa ifo i niu-lega.3
Faʻataulia i tafetafe lou fia inu leʻa.4
Fai atu i fale na, le galu teine ma le galu tauleleʻa.
Seʻi latou maia ai se ʻava ʻo i fale na;
Seʻi taumafa ane aliʻi, a lailoa i le tuneva.
A tufa lava, ia oʻu mua, ʻo aʻu ʻo Letuʻuga.
ʻOu te faʻanau ala i Piu;
Seu ai lota vaʻa i fanua;
ʻOu futia se iʻa se lautua;
Faʻataatia i le taumua.
9th. The Muliʻau (including the Mualeva) is like the Viʻi, struck up by two or more, and answered in full chorus, accompanied by the beating of an instrument called the faʻaaliʻi5
O le Mualeva
Aue mauga! mauga o Savaiʻl,
E tuʻu fetaʻi.
E tiga mauga, mauga o Savaiʻi,
E tuʻu fetaʻi.
E fetaitai ma fale,
Ma mauga loa ma Vaete,
Ma utu a lau fau.
Aue mauga, &c.
3 A bathing-place at Safaʻi.
4 A harbour.
Ma maluatea,
Ma mulimauga o Olomea,
Ma le vao na o masa tuai.
Lopa mai i le Nuanua,
Ma le Afiʻa i mulimauga.
Aue mauga, &c.
ʻO le lagisolo ia Tato
ʻO le liʻa mai, ʻaue liʻa mai;
Tolilaʻau e Tolila.1
ʻA ʻo ai le tala i fafo?
ʻUa le migao, ʻua tala po;
Seʻia ao e faʻataio,
E alaga, ʻua l[gap — reason: unclear]fo le malo;
ʻUa solofa le lagi, ʻua fao.
ʻA matou fa amavae ai,
Saivaiaso,1 ma Tuʻuiletai,1
Luʻulaufasa1 ma Tagatanuʻu.1
ʻO i maua na ʻua o mai,
Na ma ʻOloʻapu2 mai Vaiafai;3
Na ma sailia Faufiliifetai,4
Ai se mea o saosaofaʻi ai.
ʻO Sinasegi1 ma Sinavaʻavaʻai,1
Ai se aloia lua taʻua mai,
Sau i lona lumafale mavae.
Na ma ʻOloʻapu mai Faleʻafa;
ʻO le a maliu ifo sa Tuala.
ʻA oʻo ito le fulugavaʻa.
Talofa i nai tulafale,
ʻA tau ina tatou fetaiaʻi,
Ai lau teva nei, e le aʻe.
ʻI a futu, ʻua soʻo le atu sasaʻe,
ʻO saʻili i le tafatafa ʻi lagi.
Se a ʻea lenci? ʻua ta teʻi,
Segia mai mauli, ʻua ta fefe !
Ta ʻinoʻino i malaga auʻeʻe;
Sa fai atu lava ʻo le vaʻa tele,
Fai la, a tatou gaeʻe;
Ia te lavatia tai tetele.
Ia te tino e faasau e Meto;6
E te alo e mau lava i le solo.
Se faʻamomo i loto, se tuʻu faleupolu.
Faʻafono atu lo tatou na motu,
Siʻosiʻomia le vaʻa la ono.
Filoilupo7 ma Lemaluosamoa,1
Avatu i laua e fai ma fa aoso.
I maliu atu, ʻa ʻua ma i le motu,
1 A woman's name.
2 The name of the ambassador of Safune.
3 The Iva drinking-water.
4 Chief's brother.
6 A reference to a fagono.
7 A woman's name.
Pe maua i le vavaloloa?
Se gutupoto ia te talasaloa,
O aliʻi ʻua iʻina ʻatoa.
Sema e, ʻo ai ʻea e pisa?
Pe se son le va i le faga?
Pe ni faʻaaliʻi ʻua tata?
Ofo mai se tautai pagota.
Na ʻo Leasiono,2 ma Uta,
Lesiene,3 ma Palepalegaoa,3
Siʻi ifo le vaʻa e nofoafa,
ʻA e toʻalima i Agalela.4
E ifo aʻu ma tagi, ʻa ʻua lupea sina tuʻituʻi.
Le Atua e, to mai sau pule,
Foʻisaʻiina mai Fuatafuti;5
S[gap — reason: unclear]ʻia to ane se matai tuli.
Foʻisaʻiina mai i Fuailalama5
Ia Safune, ʻo taua o le pala;
Ni nai nuʻu na mai Laʻafaga;6
Na ʻo Suʻesuʻe7 lea ma Taga.7
Avatu i laua e fai ma papa
Ia Vaeʻau,7 e fai mou vaʻa;
Tofoilevao7 e fai ma malama.
Alu atu Manu e taʻai tapaʻa;
Lo outou ili, ʻo le sau o Lavaʻa;
ʻA e matafi ane ao valevale,
Ai le fualupe e tau tasi.
Talofa i le fuʻa, nei tauvale,
Neʻi le ʻauga le fao-ʻato8
Ape ane, ʻa ni mea faʻamalama
Avatu le tuaefu9 e togisala
ʻA e tautua na Lefuaivaʻa.10
ʻO le fiti ia Matautu
1.
Lemaile11 ma Lesuniʻula e,11
A avatu ʻupu, tetee mai.12
Neʻi tuʻu i le ʻupu faʻaoso13
A ʻau na i tafeaga,14
Le fia eva gatasi lava15
Seaʻula e, a toli e16
Susuʻi ma faʻatali i nai Lomea e17
1 Tato.
2 Women.
3 Women's names.
3 Women's names.
4 Name of Moana a tulafale.
5 Names of Tato.
5 Names of Tato.
6 Name of a place.
7 People's names.
8 In the war the children of Safune were carried to the fort in baskets.
9 The young meu of the place compared to pigeons.
10 Tato's name.
11 Names of Manono. The people of that island were angry with Matautu.
12 Don't receive the tales which you hear.
13 Do not believe the aggravating words.
14 Of the troops of the conquered party.
15 Who wish to be on an equal footing.
16 When you pluck the fruit of the séa.
* An emblematic name of Matautu.
Fai pea si a latou mane,
A lena vao tagata vale
I le lupe1 nei ʻua tufale.
Olotu i Taoa valevale.
A ʻou pefeaina ca?
Tau ina ia e faʻa pea,
E ʻauga i ai Lelomea.
Sea ʻula, &c.
3.
Tu mai, ina a tatou o,
Ma Letaituli2 e pula po.
Seʻi aʻo ni aga ia fofo,
Ma lota mataʻu i le malo,
Neʻi faʻavovo t[gap — reason: unclear]o.
Seaʻula e, &c.
4.
Lemaile, Lemaile, faʻamolemole;
Neʻi mao i le3 ivi o le iʻa.
Foʻi mai e s[gap — reason: unclear]u i Masina.4.
Seʻi tali le Vaʻafaifaiva,5
ʻO loʻo ʻua tali tulaʻi na;
Mona[gap — reason: unclear]asa o uila.
ʻO taeao e tau paipa.
Seaʻula e, &c.
O le fatu ia Suluga
Imoaaimanu6 e, i logologo ʻua aʻu sau.
Na aʻu sailia mai Sepupuelogonaivao.7
Soufuna Faufauiatane8 ma Leʻaunofoitalau,9
Na aʻu sailia mai Sepupuelogonaivao.
Aue Faʻatiu e, ʻua vagana, ʻua aʻu le iloa.
Na aʻu sailia mai Sepupuelogonaivao.
ʻUa muamua mai tala leaga, ʻua aʻu faʻatuamaʻoa;
Ni tala mai o le soʻo o Tigilau;10
ʻUa ʻatoa lava lou aso tau.
A palui liutua taʻiʻau;
Faʻamau fao tulimuliʻau.
1 A reference to Suisala, a chief of Matautu.
2 The name of a young chief.
3 A reference to a chief called Faapoaifoto.
4 The name of a mountain.
5 A reference to the chief Vaʻafagota.
6 The name of a traditionary stone at Falelatai here put to signify the people of the place.
7 One of Suluga's names.
8 A woman who was changed to a stone.
9 The name of a dead chief.
10 Suluga compared to Tigilau.
Si ʻou lalelei ʻua naunau.
ʻA ʻo aʻu lena sina fafine mai Savavau;1
Tiliaui2 lea, e fai ma nofoatau,
I se e mapu i ai Lenaunau.3
ʻOu te talita i ou tafatafa,
Ma ʻou sui lou maseiʻau.
ʻOifea ʻea tupua o le fanua?
Soufuna e, Uluselevalevale,4
Le paepae lei i soloi ane,
Le fanua lea e tuʻulafoaʻi.
O mai ia, ina lua o ia Puana5 ma Talaʻi.5
Seʻi lua silitonua mai ai
Faunana6 ma Alomauganaʻi.7
ʻUa ma o mai, e le i ai;
Saili atu i le alaseaʻe.
Nainai soania le fetuao,
ʻO Tapuitea8 loʻo ʻua sopolagi.
Aue Liʻagogo9 i le talafatai, ʻofea Letaiaua?10
Sulugaiuʻamea lauama,10
Na matatau ma Lefagugata.11
ʻa latou toʻeseʻese ma Lelamatantasiilepa12
Ia Siʻilautoieliʻaga-ʻaeufiʻatoaletuapapa.13
Toimoanaletuliotoga.13
Le usoilei ʻua tagi mai ala
Fagumau ia o Leutuuʻamea,14
Ma Samoa ʻua faʻatautala.
ʻO le Muliʻau ia Tuʻu
1.
E, Tuʻu e ʻua igo i lana sala e;
E, ʻaua le f[gap — reason: unclear]tulia, faitalia lona loto e.
Aue sole Tuʻu, ʻo fea lou fanua?
Aue Tutuila e, o lota nuʻu e mamao.
Fagaliʻi ma Selea le fanua,
Olao, ma Tula, ma Onenoa,
ʻO fanua o Tuʻu e ʻatoa.
To lau sala, ʻa ʻua iloa.
Tuʻu e, ʻua igo i lana sala;
E, ʻaua le fetulia, faitalia lona loto e.
2.
Aue sole Tuʻu e, ʻoifea ou fanua?
Fagalele, ma le tolo i Puava,
1 The name of land belonging to Tigilau.
2 A woman's name.
3 One of Suluga's names.
4 A woman changed into one of these tupua.
5 Names of two tupua at Amoa.
6 A chief of Satapuala.
7 An Amoa chief.
8 The name of a star.
9 A chief of Falelatai.
10 Names of Suluga.
11 Vaʻafusu, chief of Falelatai.
12 Tuiʻaʻana.
13 Suluga.
14 Three handsome brothers.
ʻO fanua o Tuʻuleamaʻaga;
Nofo ai, aua ʻua sala.
Tuʻu e, ʻua igo i lana sala, etc.
3.
Aue sole Tuʻu, ʻofea ou fanua?
Se Olomio mai le Lupeuluiva,1
ʻO i Vaʻagauta,2 ʻo i Vaʻagatai.2
ʻO Letui3 le nuʻu o saualiʻi;
ʻA ʻo Nuʻu3 le malae o aliʻi.
ʻO i Vaifoa4 i malae Filogia.5
E vavae le toga le Puʻaʻivine;6
ʻA galu, fatia Siʻunau.7
Tuʻu e, ʻua igo, etc.
4.
Aue Galegaleaʻe8 i Olofetuʻu.8
I Lealailenau8 ma Tafaʻitoa.8
Mamafiologologo,9 ma Ausoloiago,9
Ma Ititaʻoto,9 ma Tagi,9 ma Aloalo;9
E saʻafi Tuʻu i ona fanua.
Lau sala e faʻapua fua.
E alaala ai Moaaletiale10 se manaia.
Ni ʻava lelei ia atia mai;
Lafo i fafo, ia laina;
Au mai i fale, i maia;
Utufia ni taufa e sui aʻi;
La inu, ma nofonofo vale.
Le sala a Tuʻu ʻua le aʻe.
Tuʻu e, ʻua igo, etc.
5.
ʻO le Pitofau11 o Tuʻu sa lavalava mai,
Ma Leuooutumoso12 na la momoe ai;
Fai ai ana mavaega.
ʻA se tamafafine, pule Faleʻafa;
ʻA se aliʻi avane lona suafa.
ʻA e liliu e ia ia Liʻavaʻa.13
Aua sa faʻamanamana.
Tuʻu e, ʻua igo i lana sala.
E, ʻaua le fetulia, faitalia lona loto e.
1 A traditionary stone at Aopo.
2 The same.
3 A place in Sasina.
4 The drinking-water of Sasina.
5 The malae.
6 A place which divides the south wind.
7 A reef.
8 Pieces of land.
9 Laud of Tuʻu.
10 A name of Tuʻu.
11 The name of a fine mat.
12 The name of a place.
13 The husband's name from whom he had taken the wife. The child was to be attributed to him.