Fiafia

COUNTRY: New Zealand/Tokelau
LANGUAGE: Tokelauan

The original version of “Fiafia” appears as a prelude to an original Te Vaka composition, “Ki Te La.” The Te Vaka site’s lyrics page describes this as a traditional Tokelauean song, translated as “The most wonderful thing to behold is a happy nation. How can you tell? You can tell by the heart When the heart is as one, When it’s friendly and free.”

Original lyrics:

Te mea te manaia, Ko fenua fiafia
Ei loa ite a?, to e tahi
Te loto fealofani

Lyrics of All Around This World version:

Te mea te manaia, Ko fenua fiafia
Ei loa ite a?, to e tahi
Te loto fealofani

The most wonderful day was the day we all were happy
What did that mean for you? The same it meant for me?
Our hearts were one and we were free

The most wonderful days are days we all are happy
That can happen now because it happened then
Our hearts were one and they’ll be again

 

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