Then mournfully sang Sangaialemalama:
"Do you depart hence,
A little more and you would have found her."
Then Tingilau went near to Tutuila and mournfully sang:
"You will ninanina the sea of Nina,
The sea of Tutuila rushed in.
Make apologies to those ashore,
That is the country of Taema,
And the country of Sinataevaeva,
Shouting praises of my wife
Who was taken off by Talingafaua."
Then sang Taemala mournfully:
"Do you depart hence,
A little sooner and you would have found her."
Then Tingilau sang mournfully:
"O woman, thou Taema,
When I sang, you sang,
I did not follow up
Your refusal to hear.
Our names are proper,
Sinatauanga and Tingilau."
Then he came off Manua; the King of Manua was seated there. He said, "Friend Tingilau, do you return? This is the end of inhabited countries. If you go to the country of gods, then you will die." He replied: "Asking your presence. King of Manua; with due respect to your speech, O King of Manua, permit me to travel over the sea of flying fish. Tingilau will perish in following his desire." "Go, then, now that intercession and advice have been offered."[1] Then Tingilau went out into the great ocean,
- ↑ In the MS. this sentence immediately follows the last one, but as it seems to have been spoken by the king I have separated it.—J. A.
