Tokelauan love poem

Sio'ata

Ko to atata ite fakaata

E fiafia au kiei ma toe aulelei

Kae vave mou atu

Ko taku toe tala mo koe taku pele..'Ko au e alofa atu'

Translated into Tokelauan by Noela Iona

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Ko to atata ite fakaata E fiafia au kiei ma toe aulelei Kae vave mou atu Ko taku toe tala mo koe taku pele ..'Ko au e alofa atu'

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She wants truth

The poem translated into tokelau (tokelauan). "Ko au e alofa atu", that is what she would like to be told, yes that she would like to be told, but in a sincere way, because she has already heard too many words that were false. She wants truth, and great things, to be surprised but in the simplest way, by being simply loved.

Tokelau and tokelauan

This Polynesian language of the Tokelau islands or Union, is to be compared to the tuvaluan. It is estimated that less than 4,000 people speak this official language in Tokelau islands that are a dependency of Samoa. This small archipelago (10 km2) of Polynesia is composed of three atolls (Atafu, Fakaofo, Nukunono). Its inhabitants are Polynesians who export copra.

Neighboring languages
Samoan poem - Tuvaluan poem