'Ofa mo e manatu ki si'eku ongo matu'a Sujie Wen mo Fengshen Pei Featured
POPOAKI OFA MOE MANATU KI SI’EKU ONGO MATU’A KO SUJIE (SUJAY) WEN, MO FENGSHEN (FUNGJEN) PEI
KUO MAA’ULOLOA ‘AE PO, PEA TAUFETONGI ‘AE ‘ATA ‘OE ‘AHO’,
MO ‘EKU TALI FAKAMAMA’U PE’, KEU FANONGO KI HOMO LE’O’,
‘ISA HOTO FAKAPO,’ KUO LAUMAHINA SI’OMO LONGO,’
KOE TA’ KUO O’O, KEI KAFO PE’ SIOKU LOTO.’
NEMO LAU ‘A TONGA KO HOTAU ‘API MALU,
KETAU TAUHI KIHE PA’ ‘A NGANGALU,
KA KUO FEHALAAKI KAVEINGA FOLAU,
KO SI’OMO FAKAPOONGI NE FAKALILIFU FAU.
KEI HE’HE’IA PE SI’EKU FAKAKAUKAU, VETEKI HOTAU KII FAMILI’ KIHE PA’ANGANGALU.
'E NGALO NAI ‘AFE’ PEA ‘E NGALO NAI HE HA’,
'A E FAKAPOONGI SI’EKU ONGO MATU’A’,
LOLOTONGA SI’ENA NGAUE 'I HONA API’UTA ,
IKAI SI’ANA KOVI KIHA TAHA, KOE MALIMALI PE’ MOE LEA ‘OFA.
TOE VIVILI ANGE ‘A E TENGIHIA’
HE MAHINO KO HONA FAKAPOONGI’ KE MA’U HA KOLOA’
TEKE MALAVA NAI KE FAKAPOONGI PEHE’I HO’O MATU’A??
KOE ME’A IA NA’E FAI KI HOKU ONGO ‘OFA’ANGA’.
OIAUE’ BEIJING SI’OKU ‘OFA ATU,
KUO FAKAPAEA’I AU MEI HE FRIENDLY ISLES,
TUKU AI A KIHE ‘OTUA TOPUTAPU
KENE FAKAHOKO ‘A HOTAU FAKAMAAU
MOE OFA MEI HOMO FOHA PE ‘ETAHA KO CHI CHI
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
THE LAMENTING SON: MESSAGE OF LOVE TO MY PARENTS SUJIE WEN AND FENGSHEN PEI.
THE NIGHT IS LONG AND SILENT AND I’M STILL WAITING PATIENTLY
LONGING TO HEAR YOUR VOICE, AS YOU’VE BEEN SILENT FOR SO LONG.
BUT THE WOUND IS DEEP AND THE PAIN IS STRONG
AND MY HEART IS SLOWLY BROKEN AND I CAN NO LONGER COPE.
YOU TOLD ME THAT TONGA WILL BE OUR SAFE AND LOVING HOME
THAT WE LIVE AND TREASURE FOR THE REST OF OUR LIFE
BUT OUR COURSE NOW CHANGES AS YOU WERE VICIOUSLY MURDERED.
AM STILL SHOCKED AND HURT, THIS HAS SPLIT OUR FAMILY FOREVER.
CAN IT EVER BE FORGOTEN? HOW CAN IT EVER BE FORGOTTEN?
THAT MY PARENTS WERE MURDERED WHILE
WORKING IN THEIR PLANTATION
DOING NO ONE HARM BUT SHARING LOVE AND SMILES.
IT IS EVEN MORE PAINFUL KNOWING THAT YOU WERE MURDERED
SO THAT THEY CAN STEAL THE THINGS YOU HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
HOW DO YOU FEEL IF YOUR PARENTS WERE VICIOUSLY MURDERED LIKE THAT?
THAT’S WHAT THEY DID TO MY BELOVED PARENTS.
ALAS! BEIJING, WITH MY UNDYING LOVE,
MY HEART HAS BEEN TORN FROM THE FRIENDLY ISLES
HELPLESS I AM IN MY STRUGGLE TO RECOGNISE
LET THE GOD ALMIGHTY BRING US “JUSTICE”
(FROM CHICHI YOUR ONLY SON.)
POPOAKI ‘OFA MEIHE FAMILI MOE KAUNGAME’A O CHI CHI, SUJIE WEN MO FENGSHEN PEI.
OKU MAHINO AUPITO KIA TEKIMAUTOLU, KOE TAIMI FAINGATA’A ENI KIATE KOE, ‘IHE AMANAKI KE FAKAMANATU ‘AE TA’U TAHA, ‘O E FAKAPOONGI FAKALILIFU SI’O ONGO MATU’A’ SUJIE (SUJAY) WEN, MO FENGSHEN (FUNGJEN) PEI, PEA ‘OKU ‘OATU AI HENI ‘EMAU POPOAKI ‘OFA KIATE KOE CHICHI MO’EMAU FIE KAUNGAMAMAHI MO’ONI, MO KOE MO DAPHNE DENG PEA MOE FAMILI HONO KOTOA, KIHE FAKAMASIVA KUO FAKAHOKO ‘EHE ONGO KI’I TANGATA’, ‘I HE TO’O FAKAMALOHI ‘A E MO’UI SI’O ONGO MATU’A’, TA’E ‘IAI HA’ANA KOVI 'I MATAFONUA.
'OKU MAU ONGO’I AUPITO SI’O MAMAHI’ HE TALA ‘E HAI TEMAU LAVA KE FAKAPOONGI PEHE’I ‘EMAU MATU’A. FAKATAUANGE KE FOAKI ATU ‘EHE ‘OTUA MAFIMAFI ‘ENE FAKANONGA KI SI’O KI’I LOTO’ KAE’UMA’A ‘AE FAMILI HONO KOTOA.
'OFA LAHI ATU MEI HE NGAAHI KAUNGAME’A 'I TONGA MO TU’APULE’ANGA
4 comments
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I totally agree with all your comments Na Deng and sympathise with you and your family at this very heartbreaking time to sit and hear and watch the injustices swerve left and then right, right in front of your face. STAY STRONG AND KNOW, YOU ARE NOT ALONE, AND THE LAMENTING SON IS NOT ON HIS OWN...ALL TONGANS ALL OVER THE WORLD ONLINE AND ON ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE LAMENTING WITH YOU SON...WE HEAR YOUR CAUSE AND WE ARE FIGHTING THIS FIGHT WITH YOU. JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. GOD BLESS YOU ALL and there has just been a superb journalistic reporting from Sione Mokofisi that was just published and I am truly greatful for his insight and reporting as it is informing the public and Tonga of what they should rightfully know for their own safety.
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What terrifies me is not only the brutality of the murder, but also seeing the indifferent and defiant looks of the accused and their family members, as if their loved ones were killed by us. It seems the laws offer more privileges to the accused. The accused has the right to choose jury trial or judge trial. The accused has the right to be accompanied by the parents for the interview because of his age. The accused has the right to be present when jurists are selected...... while the victims had no choice but to be murdered. The victims’ son and relatives do not even have the right to beg the accused’s mom to ask the son to tell the truth! We are helpless!
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It was such a heinous crime its beyond comprehension , carried out by teenagers in such ferocity without any compunction, shows that Tonga is now on a new course where its heading is uncertain no one seems to care anymore even the judiciary seems to covey judicial biased in its decisions . Well let justice be served . .
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May God bless the 'Lamenting Son'. I am still speechless, numb and have goosebumps all over as it draws closer to the anniversary of their tragic deaths, your tragic loss. Today, marks the beginning of the trial, a 'trial by jury' they say, and I can only hope and pray, for the ' Lamenting Son ', THAT JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED, knowing how Tongan jurors are selected, the lack of vetting process and question of their credibility to serve as jurors, and the law that states who is NOT allowed to serve as a Tongan juror. Impartiality really has me worried, that JUSTICE WILL BE ANOTHER CORRUPTED OR OVERLOOKED TERM BURIED deep with the ashes that are the remains of the late Sujie Wen and the late Fengshen Pei. May your beautiful souls forever Rest In Peace. May Justice be served, for the 'Lamenting Son'.