ʻŪfia mo Latā

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Ko ʻŪfia mo Latā, ko e ongo hingoa kinaua ʻo e konga ʻao ʻe ua ʻi he langi tuʻotolu pe tuʻofā.

ʻOku ngāueʻaki ʻe he laʻā, ʻosi ʻene hopo, ʻi heʻene toi ke tala ia mo hono foha, ko Sisimataʻilaʻā.

Ko e heliaki ia ki he ngaahi konga ʻao kotoa, pe he mafoa ʻa e ata ʻasi ʻi hahake, pe ko e kaveinga ki he hahake. Fakatātā:

… Langi tuʻotolu langi tuʻofā

nofo ai ʻŪfia mo Latā

ko e langi kehe, langi ʻuha

ne ne ʻūfia langi maʻa …^[1]

Fuifui he taulanga

puna ʻo fetēleni mo e ata

vaʻinga he ʻŪfia mo Latā

tui mei ai e maama …^[2]

… Kuo kau ʻulufonua ʻa e laʻā

pea hopo ʻa ʻŪfia mo Latā

ke mou tuē mo mavava …^[3]

[fatuʻi vahe] Tataku

1. ↑ ?; Lau langi; teautaʻu 19
2. ↑ Tuʻuhetoka (Mataitini); Fuifui he taulanga; 1905
3. ↑ Malia Latai; Hiva ʻo Vuna Tuʻiʻoetau ʻAhomeʻe; 1971

• E.W. Gifford; Tongan myths and tales; BPB 8; 1924
• Langi tauʻolunga & hiva kakala; Nukuʻalofa 2000; ISBN 978-982-98007-1-8

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