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Then mournfully sang Tingilau:

"Woman Puanatalai,
It is said you are a princess.
Causelessly do you act,
Yield until you show respect,
Until your party come to sit with you,
Till I steer standing in my canoe
As if I had come on a begging journey.^[1]
It was the pursuit of Sinaitauanga.
If she had had her praises shouted
You would have been quiet in the quiet sea.
The sea of the new moon rushes in
Shooting by its means the man
Talingamaivalu by name.
Catch him and cook him and tie him up,
Whether will all Samoa get a portion."

Then mournfully sang Sinaleuuna (she is in love with Tingilau):

"Man, there is a canoe anchored in the lagoon,
It is the canoe of Tingilaumaolo.
Come near, that we may eat cold food."

Then Tingilau sang mournfully:

"Have I come on a begging journey?
It is the pursuit of Sinaitauanga."

Then answered Sinaleuuna:

"Do you go, for she has passed on.
You will nananana in the sea of Nana,
The sea of Aleipata rushes in.
Make an apology to those ashore,
To Puupu^[2] and the Laulala,^[2]
Fangapu and the Papaitufanga.
Had your praises but have been shouted,
O Sina, in the inland villages."

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1. People sometimes went out to beg for artificial hooks, paddles, or bowls.—G. P.
2. Names of districts.