Jeff Conn DVM
Nov 03, 2024
Samoan to English translation?
I recently came across a letter written by my sister-in-law, who has sadly passed away. I was wondering if anyone could help me translate it from Samoan to English. The letter reads:
Sau loa oe
E nofo mai
Ou tafatafa
O le Amataga o si Ta mafutaga
O le lumanai
O lo’o sauina mai
Mo tatou Uma e vaai
Mo nai ou uso
Sei faamagalo mai
Mo sou sese na fai
Faamolemole
Faagalo ita
Thank you so much in advance for your help!
5 Answers
La’u Samoa
Talofa Samoa Lo’u atunuu pele le agaga
Ae sei o’u pesepese atu ma fa’amatala
Lou matagofie le mafaia upu ga fa’amatala
Ua numera tasi fo’i oe i le Pasifika
CHORUS:
La’u Samoa E La’u Samoa E
Fa’amuamua le Atua o ia o lo’u fa’avaevae
A o mai i ni puapuaga
Fa’amalosi tu mau pea
Ou te alofa ia te oe La’u Samoa
VERSE 2
Le mafai ona galo lo’u nu’u sa ou fanau ai
O la’u fanua lanu lau ‘ava ou te tiu ai
E ui ina ou malaga i fafo i atu nu’u ese
E le mafai ona ou galo oe Samoa lau pele
(Repeat Chorus x2)
La’u Samoa
Roughly translated it means
You come right away
and stay
at my side
the
beginning of
our relationship
the future
is coming now
for all of us to see
for these my sisters/brothers
please forgive me
for my mistakes I have made
please
forgive me.
I tried to translate each line how you have it written. Samoan is not my native language so a native speaker could translate it better but that is my best shot.
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