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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