O le mālo lea, Samoa ua ea, Samoa ua ea
E ui ina tele tausaga o tatāli e pei o le vai o le na itulagi
Samoa e lenei, ua aumai fa’aaliali
Lauāki e o le toa o Samoā
Tuilagi ma Taupa’ū ma Tāgaloā
O Namulau’ulu, Lei’atauā, Malaeolase, ma I’igā
O i latou ia na malaga i le ātu Marianā
Ua malolō ua taumafa o tapa’ā
Ae taunu’u mai loa le malelegā
O Peretania ua i Samoā, ua taunu’u mai le tafeagā
Lauaki e ua le toe o’o atu i Kananā
O le malo lea, o le malo lea, Samoa ua ea, Samoa ua ea
E ui ina tele tausaga o tatāli e pei o le vai o le na itulagi
Samoa e lenei, ua aumai fa’aaliali
O le malo lea, o le malo lea, Samoa ua ea, Samoa ua ea
E ui ina tele tausaga o tatāli e pei o le vai o le na itulagi
Samoa e lenei, ua aumai fa’aaliali
Ē tagi e le fatu, fatu ma le ele’ele
ūa fai a’u, fai a’u mou fala se’ese’e
Sāmoa e, aua e te māteletele
O ‘īta ua masani, masani i le faiva o se’e
Tigā ona si’i, sī’i ita i lugā
O faīa’oga, faiā’oga le aogā
Sīlasila ia, sī’i le fa’afanua
ō galuega, galuega o lo ua fua
Why this song is beautiful:
In the early 1800s, members of Samoa’s council of chiefs openly (but peacefully) protested again Germany’s occupation of our islands. This sparked Le Mau o Pule – our movement for Samoan Independence.
Sadly, in 1909, leaders of Le Mau, including Lauaki Namulau’ulu, were exiled to Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Lauaki would never see his homeland again in this life. His body was returned to Samoa in 1915.
This song talks about that time in Samoa’s history and celebrates Lauaki and other heroes of Le Mau o Pule.
proud to be apart of the Namulauulu family!!