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‘OKU TUKUPĀ ‘AE TA‘ANGA, SĒSINI, MOE ONGO PEPA KIHE ‘ATAMAI MOE LOTO LELEI ‘OE FOUNGA MOE OLA ‘OE FILI FALEALEA 2021/THE POETRY, SESSION, AND PAPERS ARE DULY DEDICATED TO THE BEAUTIFUL MIND AND HEART BEHIND THE PROCESS AND OUTCOME DRIVING THE PARLIAMNETARY ELECTION 2021

Ta‘anga Talafakatapu/Poetry of Salutation

Fakafatu/fakafa‘u ‘e Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu, ‘Ōkusitino Māhina

Poetry composed by Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu, ‘Ōkusitino Māhina

Liliulea ‘Ingilisi ‘e Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu, ‘Ōkusitino Māhina

English translation by Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu, ‘Ōkusitino Māhina

FAKATONGA

Tapu mo Hikule‘o, Maui, mo Talngaloa

Tapu mo Pulotu, Langi, mo Maama

Tapu moe kau kaivai-toutai Moana

Tapu moe Lalo Falemaama ‘i Tonga[1]

Tapu moe Kautaha Tala-O- ‘Ōsēnia[2]

Tapu moe kau sikola talaefonua

Kae ‘atā ke fai ‘ae talafatongia

He ngafa kuo fai hono vahea

He fekumi ta‘etuku ‘oku tau feia

Kihe ‘ilo moe poto ‘oe tā moe vā

FAKA‘INGILISI

We salute deified Hikule‘o, Maui, and Tangaloa

We salute divine Pulotu, Langi, and Maama

We salute the warriors-navigators of Moana

We salute the Southern Lighthoue Down-under[1]

We salute the Association of Oceania Knolwedge[2]

We salute all esteemed scholars and creatives

May we be justly allowed to speak today

Of the oneous task duly asigned thus far

Of our collective deed/exploit as way-finders

Of knowledge and skills of/in time and space

Fakava‘e/Footnotes

[1] The University of the South Pacific (USP) (tonga = lalo [down-under] = south [south]; also see tokelau = ‘olunga [up-above] = south ).

[2] Pacific History Association (PHA) (Moana = Oceania [‘Ōsēnia] = Pacific [Pasifiki])

 Ko e huluhulu, kinikini, moe fakamatala nounou/A brief note

 FAKATONGA

Na‘e fakafatu/fakafa‘u ‘ae ta‘anga ni koe talafakatapu ‘ae sēsini koe “‘He‘enau Tala/Lea Pē:’ Talatupu‘a, Ta‘anga, Faivalea/Tufungalea, moe Hohoko. Koe Talaefonua/Hisitōlia” ‘aia na‘e lau ai ‘e Dr Siaosi L. ‘Ilaiū mo Palōfesa Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu Dr ‘Ōkusitino Māhina ‘ena pepa koe “‘Kofu’ me‘a koe talaefonua/hisitōlia:

Faiva talatupu‘a, faiva ta‘anga, faiva/tufunga lea, moe faiva hohoko” ‘o tefito he ta‘anga hiva haka lakalaka mālie lahi koe “Takafalu” ‘a Kuini Sālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Tupou III moe pepa ‘a Palōfesa Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu koe “Fakatoto moe fakatu‘i: Fakahoko toto vēsasi fakanofo hingoa” he mahiki fakapolitikale ‘ae Tu‘i Tupou.

‘Oku ngāue‘aki lelei ‘ehe punake ‘a e fa‘ahinga lalahi ‘e tolu ‘oe heliaki ‘aia koe ‘koe lea kihe me‘a ‘e taha kae ‘uhinga kihe me‘a ‘e taha’ koe 1. Heliaki fakafeongiaki, 2. Heliaki fakafekaaki, moe 3. Heliaki fakafefonuaki. Na‘e fakahoko ‘eni he taha ‘oe ngaahi sēsini ‘ae konifelenisi ‘ae Kautaha Faihisitōlia ‘ae Pasifiki 17-20 Tanumanga, 2021, ‘i Suva, Pulotu/Fiji. Na‘e kaveinga/fiimi ‘ae konifelenisi koe “He‘enau Tala/Lea Pē.”

FAKA‘INGILISI

This poetry of salutation was composed as a salutation for a session named “‘In Their Own Words:’ Mythology, Poetry, Oratory, and Genealogy As History” where Dr Siaosi L. ‘Ilaiū and Professor Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu Dr ‘Ōkusitino Māhina presented their joint paper titled “‘Clothed’ objects as history: Mythology, Poetry, Oratory, and Genealogy” with a focus on a most beautiful lakalaka sociopolitical history  poetry “Takafalu” by Queen Sālote Mafile‘o Pilolevu Tupou III and a single paper by Professor Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu entitled “Kinship and kingship: Blood lines versus political titles” on the political rise of the Tu‘i Tupou kingship/dynsaty.

The poet makes affective and effective use of the three types of heliaki defined as ‘metaphorically saying one thing but historically meaning another,’ viz., Qualitative epiphoric metaphor, 2. Associative metaphoric metaphor; and 3. Constitutive metonymic/synecdochic metaphor.

This was one of many sessions at the Pacific History Association (PHA) conference held online at the University of the South Pacific (USP) on 17-20 November, 2021, Suva, Pulotu/Fiji. The overall theme of the virtual conference was “In Their Own Words.”

ANFF leva ē malanga kae tau

‘Ofa fau moe ‘ānau ma‘u,

Kae toki hoko atu

Fetongikava Dr Viliami Uasikē Lātū & Palofesa Hūfanga-He-Ako-Moe-Lotu Dr ‘Ōkusitino Māhina