“Hina E !"/"My Dear Hina!” ^Featured

1. Teu talanoa ke mou mea’i
Misi na’e ha hoku ’atamai
Si’ete ma he fukahi vai
Kuo tekina pea talu ai

I shall tell you so that all may know
Of the dream that appeared in my mind
My most precious bread cast upon the water
Drifting further afar and into oblivion

2. Sameloki ki he ’aho ’o e pekia
Te u lava noa ’a hono talia
Mate ni kuo me’a va’inga
He mamahi noa ngutu ’o fuiva

Shamrock, for the day I die
With effortless haste, I shall accept
Death has been of no consequence
Unstoppable, not even by a singing fuiva

3. Angi a matangi fakasaute
One ’avea si’eku pele
Mo’oni a lau ’a e punake
Lava a toka ka ko e tue

The winds blow from the southerly
Taking away with it my dear beloved
But true is the saying  of the poet
Easier defeated than to be laughed at

4. Muka ’o e ’ofa me’a fakahe
’Inasi ’eku ’ofa mamae
Toki tala ’e he tisaipale
No’o e ’ofa ka ko e mate

The bud of love is disoriented
As rightful dues for my guarded love
Only to be told by the disciple
A lover’s girdle is none other than death

5. Taumaia ko ha fika lau
Ke u feinga’i ke hoatatau
Me’apango ’ene tu’u maumau
Loto leva ke u si’i to he tau

If only they were real numbers
So that I can match them in pairs
Pity, though, they stand in disarray
Deciding now, I would rather fall in battle

6. Vale e loto ni pea mo e manatu
Ki si’ota hua ne fakapapau
Nofo a koe fo’ifa tapu
He ko e vaka ni ’e foa peau

My heart aches foolishly with memories
Of our special relationship once vowed
Bidding farewell, dear sacred pandanus fruit
My ship now sails forth into the deep sea,
breaking into the waves

Tau:

Hina e, ke ke ma’anu’anu
Ke ta talave ka u foki au
’O ha ’i he fisi ’o e peau
Vale e loto ni ’i he ’ofa atu

Chorus:

My dear Hina, may you please gently surface
So we can converse for I must return
To be lost amidst the spray of breaking waves
As my heart is madly in love with you