My Dear, My Darling

Laine, Nifoloa | 1 comment

(Also performed by Nifoloa, apparently composed by Reverend Ario Sio)

Le foma’i e, le tau manu salu pese
Lafo ia i fogāva’a tele
Galue oe mo le malo Meleke
Ae ‘ou fa’asaga i le fe’au lautele
O lē tulāfono a lē teōmeteri
Toese le tutusa e lē tutusa
Afai e to’ese atu fai mai e lē tutusa
E sili lā ona fa’auma

My dear my darling usi le fa’afofōga
Ae se’i ou talanoa i o’u mo’omo’oga
E leitioa tautala Solomona
E pei o le oti o lē malosi o lē alofa
Ua avea pea lau afioga
Mai vaila’au aoga i lo’u nei ola
Ua avea, lava oe, ma tumutumu o lo’u fa’amoemoe

La’ū malaga na alu to’atasi
Na lutia i peau o le sami
Toe taia ane i se auala
Fai mai ua musu le teine tausala
Fa’amoemoe maua le auala
E lele le sē ae lama le ti’otala
E lē faia so’u loto, ae tu’u lou finagalo
Malie lau fa’aaloalo

O a ta ‘upu e, o le ‘ā masua
Ae ou te fa’atali pea i se fua
Ou tē popole pe a ‘ou manatua
Ne’ī nanā suga seisi au tupua
E pei oe o le ula e se’e i tua
E ta’a le tupa ae fai o lona lua
Auē ita e, manū a mao, i le galu na ona fa’afua

O ita o si ugā pēpē, e lolo lava i le agi a le matagi
Ae ou te pese pea ma ‘ou fa’āiloa
Le ‘o a’u se tupu po’o se alii mau’oa
E le ‘o ita foi o sē tagata poto
Po ‘o se aloalii o Samoa
A ‘o ita nei lava, o sī tagata noa
Ua uma foi ona e iloa

Si o’u loto e ua maliē, soifua teine o Meleke
O le a foi si alii Ni’u Sila, e mamao lē Fa’asālelē
Ua malie lau fa’aaloalo, o lē ‘ā fo’i si alii a’oa’o
Ae tā tau fai saili, ma fa’atalitali pea i se aso
Ae tā tau fai saili, ma fa’atalitali pea i se aso

Most of the lyrics on this site were submitted by fans of Samoan music, so the words might not be entirely correct… and we may not know who originally composed the song.

Please help us to learn.

Please share any corrections or knowledge about this song in a comment below. Whatever we can verify, we will update in this post.

Ma le fa’aaloalo lava.

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JJW

O le sa’oga o le laina muamua.
Le foma’i e, o le tau manu sa lupepe.

2nd verses last line.
MA not mai. “Ma” vaila’au aoga i lo’u nei ola.

3rd verse laina lona 3
Toe taia ane i peau ala.

My small contrubution to the music lyrics..LOL