OCEANIC LANGUAGES GUIDE
English Translation
Lyric
Phonetic Pronunciation
Language
#1 – In the Beginning…, #9 – We Know the Way, #39 – We Know the Way (Finale) Tatou o tagata folau Vala’auina
Summoned
E le atua o le sami tele e o mai
By the gods of this great sea to come
La ava’e le lu’itau e lelei
We take up the good challenge
Tapenapena
Get ready
Holoholo vaka
Canoes on the move
hoh-loh-hoh-loh vah-kah
Aue! Aue! Nuku i mua
Oh! Oh! There’s an island ahead.
ah-oo-eh ah-oo-eh noo-coo ee moo-ah
Te manulele e tataki iei Aue! Aue! Te fenua te malie Nae ko hakilia kaiga e
The bird leads us
teh mah-noo-leh-leh eh Tokelauan tah-tah-kee yeh-ee ah-oo-eh ah-oo-eh teh Tokelauan feh-noo-ah teh mah-lee-eh nah-eh koh ha-kee-lee-ah kah-ee-ngah eh Tokelauan
We are voyagers
tah-toh oh tah-ngah-tah foh-lah-oo vah-lah-ow-ee-nah eh leh ah-too-ah oh leh sah-me teh-leh eh oh mah-ee oo-ah ah-vah-eh leh loo-ee-tah-oo eh leh-leh-ee tah-peh-nah-peh-nah
Oh! Oh! This beautiful island. We’ve been searching (for) our families Nae ko hakilia We’ve been nah-eh koh ha-kee-lee-ah searching #2 – Tulou Tagaloa, #38 – Tulou Tagaloa (Reprise) Sei e va’ai mai
So you can see
I le tatou lalolagi
Our world
seh-ee eh vah-eye mah-ee
ee leh tah-toh lah-loh-lah-ngee I le matou lalolagi My world ee leh mah-toh lah-loh-lah-ngee Sei e malamalama So you understand seh-ee eh mah-lah-mah-lah-mah E lelei ma le manaia How beautiful and eh leh-lay mah leh good mah-nigh-ah Manaia o le tatou Our wonderful way mah-nigh-ah oh leh olaga of life tah-toh oh-lah-ngah
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