Tatau Sāmoa - Sāmoan tatau song
ʻO le mafuaʻaga lenei ua iloa
O le taga o le tatau i Sāmoa
O le Malaga a teine e toalua
Na feʻausi mai i Fiti i le vasaloloa
Na lā ʻaumai ai o le ato au
Ma si a lā pese e tutumau
Fai mai e tatā o fafine
ʻAe lē tatā o tāne
A o le ala na tatā ai o tāne
I na ua sesē si a lā pese
Taunuʻu i gatai o Falealupo
ʻUa vaʻaia loa o le faisua ua tele
Totofu loa lea o fafine,
ma ua sui ai si a lā pese:
Faimai e tatā o tāne,
ʻAe lē tatā o fafine
Silasila i si tama ua taʻatia
ʻO le tufuga lea ua amatalia
Tālofa ua tagi aue aue
Ua otiʻoti solo o le ʻautapulu tele
Sole sole ia e loto tele
ʻO le taʻaloga faʻatamatāne
E ui lava ina tigā tele
ʻAe mulimuli ane ua e fefete
ʻO atunuʻu uma o le Pasefika
Ua sili Sāmoa le taʻutaʻua
ʻO le sogaimiti ua savalivali mai
Ua feʻiafi mai o na faʻaʻila
O asofaʻaifo, faʻamuliʻaliʻao
Faʻaatualoa, selu faʻalaufao
ʻO le sigano faʻapea faʻaulutao
Ua ova I le vasa laolao
This is the known orgin
of the permitted Tatau in Sāmoa
The journey of two sisters
Who swam from in the ocean from Fiji
They brought with then a basket of the tatau tools
and the song they repeated
it said only the women recieve the tatau
and the men do not
The reason why the men arecieve the tatau
is the sisters sang their song incorectly
When they arrived at the coastal waters of Falealupo
They saw a huge clam
They dived for it
and when they came up they sang
It said only the men recieve the tatau
and the women do not
Look at the young man lying down
as the tufuga begins his work
Pity the crying of the young man
The stinging bite of the autapula teeth
Young man be brave
it is a game of a men
Although it is very painful
Yet afterwards you will be proud of it
Of all of the islands in the Pacific
Sāmoa is well known for its tatau
The young men with his tatau walking by
As the decorations of the tatau shine
The asfaʻaifo and faʻamuliʻaliʻao designs
the Faʻaatualoa, selu faʻalaufao designs
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