Album:
The Legend of Johnny Lingo (2006)
Testi originali
Tokelauano
Traduzione
Inglese
Manatu
Oku kohu e he masani ai
Kehe hoki ma na sevae
Kave ai i hetahi fenua
Tagi tagi ai au mo toku kaiga
Taku mai pe i fea toku matua
Ve na puli e fakailoaina
Taku mai pe i fea toku tamana
Na galo atu i te taeao nei
E mamafa, e manako , e fakamatala
Te uiga o te folau
Tuku mai he tali e fakamalie ai au
Manatua lelei te vaitafe
Aku feleni e sakili mai au
Fakataumafai ae he mafai
E au o tali ki ei
E manatu fia manatu
Toku kaiga
E fia manatu toku kaiga
Nofonofo filemu lava venei
Ite pogiha, toku mafaufau e tiga
te fanoanoa - te pogiha - te fanoanoa.
Homesick
These clothes feel so strange on me
Stranger still are these shoes
Taken to another world1
I’m now crying for my home2
Tell me where my mother is
She forgot to explain things to me
Tell me where my father is
I thought I heard him leave this morning
Heavily, yearning, describing
The purpose of this journey
Searching for answers in this small room
I can only think of my river
My friends are searching for me
But no matter how hard I try
There’s no way for me to answer them
I’m homesick , I’m longing
For my family
I’m longing for my home
Here I sit all by myself
In this darkness, my head aches
With sadness - this darkness - with sadness

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Commenti dell’autore:
translation adapted from the official site. many thanks to Opetaia Foa'i.





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