'Ua Fetausunu'i Ao i Le Lagi' arranged by Tuilagi Dr Igelese Ete

A SATB arrangement of a moving energetic traditional Samoan song which was commissioned and performed by the New Zealand Youth Choir in 2023 click on the FB link below to watch. 

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Lyrics & english translation below. 

‘Ua Fetausunu’i Ao o le lagi 

Composer Unknown – Traditional Samoan Melody 

Arranged by Tuilagi Dr Igelese Ete  

 


Ua fetausunu’i ao o le lagi

The clouds are gathering in the sky 

 

Ua pa’ia le vao 

The forest is sanctified  

 

O le ‘ea  ma le sami     

As well as the heavens and the seas

 

O lenei ‘ua tā fesi’ilafa’i          

Therefore we uplift & elevate

 

E pei o le la’au a le tama’ita’i  

Like the branches of the women 

 

Ua lae nei ona emo tamilo le uila o matagi Strikes like lightning in a thunderstorm 

 

Mua ia Mua ō 

We are victorious  

 

Ua malie mālō 

With gratitude and appreciation

 

Tama ma teine o Samoa e      

Young men and women of Samoa

 

Tula’i maia tatou fa’asao        

Arise, safeguard and defend

 

E fa’atalofa ma lūlū lima         

Salutations by the shaking of hands

 

I uso  ma uo    

With brothers/sisters and friends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tali

 

E le uma lou fiafia ma lou fa’afetai     

Your gratitude and joy is eternal

 

Ua fai mo ‘a’u 

Which is bestowed upon me

 

O le alofa le tautai      

The love is the navigator/fisherman

 

Lenei atunu’u pele      

This precious land

 

Sa ou fanau mai ai      

Where I was born

 

Samoa lona suafa       

Samoa is the name

 

E pele tasi I lo’u agaga 

Beloved in the depths of my spirit