"Lo Ta Nu'u" Traditional Sāmoan arr. Vocal FX & Nīkau Wi Neera Production & Mixing by Nīkau Wi Neera Video by Hayden Smith of Capvista / vocalfxchorus / nikauwineeracomposer www.nikauwinee...
I wish everyone could’ve heard my school sing this every assembly. Hundreds of voices harmonizing as if it had been practiced for ages. Go to a Samoan function anywhere in the world with Samoans you’ve never met..., start this off and everyone will know it and sing it together as if they’ve done it a million times before(:
LO TA NU’U, UA OU FANAU AI Lo ta nu’u, ua ou fanau ai // My dear country, where I was born Lalelei oe i, le vasa // You are the most beautiful in the ocean Ua e maua, mai luga // You have obtained from above O le tofi, aoga // A most important inheritance / duty Chorus: Samoana, (Samoana) // People of Samoa Ala mai, (Ala mai) // Arise (wake up) Fai ai nei, (Fai ai nei) // Give (now) Le fa’afetai, (Le fa’afetai) // Your thanksgiving I le pule, ua mau ai // To the Most High, who gave you O lou nu’u, i le vasa // Your island / country, here in the ocean E ua lalelei Samoa // Samoa is beautiful Lo na valevalenoa // Her lands are beautiful Ia mo’omia ai ou fanua // Your lands are objects of desire Tama a Samoa, ala mai // Wake up, sons (children) of Samoa Ua e sui lou tautai // You have changed your focus of worship (going astray) Lou mamalu ia mau ai // Hold on to your prestige and dignity Tuputupu pea mai // May it continue to grow Talu nu’u ua feagai ai // Because the villages / country we have now Nu’u mamao ua e maua ai // Other countries have supported Mea lelei e atia’e ai // With good things to help us develop Lou mamalu ia mautu // Hold on to your prestige and dignity Mata’upu, tau Iesu // Especially with regards to Jesus Christ Ia fai oe ma nu’u tumau // Be a country that sets a standard Olaola lau fanau // May your children continue to prosper Ia vi’ia e fa’avavau // And may we praise forever Le ua pule aoao // Our Lord of Hosts
This woke me up at a most tiring shift. Thank you all for this ancient and great pese. Love from a polynesian brother living in Australia. Talofa lava to my elders.
Beautiful! Words composed by a London Missionary James Edward Newell (1852-1910, Samoa mission 1880-1910). Patriotic Music by a Samoan prolific composer Mata'utia Pene Solomona from Apia, Samoa.
Omg Faafetai lava! So beautiful and soothing!! Amazing to see humanity join in song and culture. Thank you guys so much. Such a powerful display!!! Much Alofas!!!!
Oh the sound of 100 voices ! Even more amazing that it was sung by lovers of Samoan music from presumably different nationalities. Faafetai le loto nu'u. Thank you for sharing this!
This is really amazing, thank you so much brothers and sisters, its reminds me of our beautiful island of Samoa I grew up and this song is one of my favourite. I can't hold my tears, remember the old saying which says, "East or West, Home is Best." God bless you all, Faafetai.
always moves me to hear this song, but to see non-Samoa people sing my home song brings me to tears. thankyou, thankyou so much, you all moved my heart and soul.
I can't believe it the lots of Palagi in here learn how to sing the song. In Samoan! I'm so proud of them!!! Even one Asia person I can see in there who joined it! Oh my goodness! Love you guys😘😘😘💖💖🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Lo ta nu’u na ou fanau ai Ua lelei oe i le vasa e Ua e maua ai mai luga o le tofi aoga { SAMOANA } Samoana, ala mai Fai ai nei le fa’afetai I le pule e maua ai O lo’u nu’u i le vasa e E ua lalelei Samoa Lona valevale noa E mo’omia ai ou Fanua, Samoana ala mai Ua sui lou tautai Lou mamalu ia mau ai Tuputupu pea mai Talu nu’u ua feagai ai Nu’u mamao ua e maua ai Mea lelei e atia’e ai Lou mamalu ia mautu Mata’upu, tau Iesu Ia fai oe ma nu’u tumau Olaola lau fanau Ia vi’ia e fa’avavau Le ua pule aoao
Lyrics: Lo ta nu’u na ou fanau ai Ua lelei oe i le vasa e Ua e maua ai mai luga o le tofi aoga { SAMOANA } Samoana, ala mai Fai ai nei le fa’afetai I le pule e maua ai O lo’u nu’u i le vasa e
Bravo!! Great job guys. Joyful and spiritually uplifting. Thanks for the inspiration.(in the sense of divine guidance) God bless you all from Seattle Washington
I wish everyone could’ve heard my school sing this every assembly. Hundreds of voices harmonizing as if it had been practiced for ages. Go to a Samoan function anywhere in the world with Samoans you’ve never met..., start this off and everyone will know it and sing it together as if they’ve done it a million times before(:
Omg
NZ? We always started school singing and PE together before classes.
That last lyric gets me in the feels all the time
Lou n'u I le vasa
A tiny little speck in the vast ocean is what we are but we're so proud of it
💯
I can’t stop listening to this song. They express such love and passion for their beloved homeland. Aloha from Maui.
LO TA NU’U, UA OU FANAU AI
Lo ta nu’u, ua ou fanau ai // My dear country, where I was born
Lalelei oe i, le vasa // You are the most beautiful in the ocean
Ua e maua, mai luga // You have obtained from above
O le tofi, aoga // A most important inheritance / duty
Chorus:
Samoana, (Samoana) // People of Samoa
Ala mai, (Ala mai) // Arise (wake up)
Fai ai nei, (Fai ai nei) // Give (now)
Le fa’afetai, (Le fa’afetai) // Your thanksgiving
I le pule, ua mau ai // To the Most High, who gave you
O lou nu’u, i le vasa // Your island / country, here in the ocean
E ua lalelei Samoa // Samoa is beautiful
Lo na valevalenoa // Her lands are beautiful
Ia mo’omia ai ou fanua // Your lands are objects of desire
Tama a Samoa, ala mai // Wake up, sons (children) of Samoa
Ua e sui lou tautai // You have changed your focus of worship (going astray)
Lou mamalu ia mau ai // Hold on to your prestige and dignity
Tuputupu pea mai // May it continue to grow
Talu nu’u ua feagai ai // Because the villages / country we have now
Nu’u mamao ua e maua ai // Other countries have supported
Mea lelei e atia’e ai // With good things to help us develop
Lou mamalu ia mautu // Hold on to your prestige and dignity
Mata’upu, tau Iesu // Especially with regards to Jesus Christ
Ia fai oe ma nu’u tumau // Be a country that sets a standard
Olaola lau fanau // May your children continue to prosper
Ia vi’ia e fa’avavau // And may we praise forever
Le ua pule aoao // Our Lord of Hosts
Thank you for this 🤙
❤️🇼🇸 One of my all time fav Samoan songs - you all did it so much justice❣️
This woke me up at a most tiring shift. Thank you all for this ancient and great pese. Love from a polynesian brother living in Australia. Talofa lava to my elders.
Beautiful! Words composed by a London Missionary James Edward Newell (1852-1910, Samoa mission 1880-1910). Patriotic Music by a Samoan prolific composer Mata'utia Pene Solomona from Apia, Samoa.
Wow, thats good knowledge, but it now puts a different spin on the song. Interesting.
🥰🥰🥰
Thank you. My Dad was part of the original Teachers Training College audio that recorded this song.
One of many of the Dopest SAMOAN Cuts ever!!!!!!!
I'm crying with joy. Thank you all for doing this Yeats ago, but know it resonates today in 2023.
Oh Glorious. Hallelujah. Wonderful. Sounds like my mother in law’s church. Faafetai Lava. Aligarh tele
GOOSEBUMPS the whole damn time! Faamalo atu ile aufaipese mo le pese matagofie. #SAMOA
I love it when other people learn other countries songs
Used to sing this song to my baby to put him to bed every night, lil man now 5 just seen this vid, he couldn't stop smiling lol
Wow that's very sweet.
Your child must be a Lord's weapon in the future.
Love it! That’s so cute. I came here after singing my baby to sleep with this song too^_^
Omg Faafetai lava! So beautiful and soothing!! Amazing to see humanity join in song and culture. Thank you guys so much. Such a powerful display!!! Much Alofas!!!!
Beautiful arrangement. Alofa tele atu.
Beautiful singing, good harmony, Thanks to you all, God bless
Thank God! Komol anij!!!! From the Marshall islands
Oh the sound of 100 voices ! Even more amazing that it was sung by lovers of Samoan music from presumably different nationalities. Faafetai le loto nu'u. Thank you for sharing this!
This is really amazing, thank you so much brothers and sisters, its reminds me of our beautiful island of Samoa I grew up and this song is one of my favourite. I can't hold my tears, remember the old saying which says, "East or West, Home is Best." God bless you all, Faafetai.
always moves me to hear this song, but to see non-Samoa people sing my home song brings me to tears. thankyou, thankyou so much, you all moved my heart and soul.
Thank u for signing that song that is one of the first Christian songs of samoa 🇼🇸 ia faamanuia le Atua ia samoa ma outou
Alofa tele to you all for singing this beautiful pese.
I named my youngest Daughter after this song #Samoana
That’s the name of my high school back in American Samoa lol Samoana High School Home of the Mighty Blue Sharks 😁
I love it guys
Bro this is my childhood singing this in church. I really need to get back to it man my parents taught me better 😭
I can't believe it the lots of Palagi in here learn how to sing the song. In Samoan! I'm so proud of them!!! Even one Asia person I can see in there who joined it! Oh my goodness!
Love you guys😘😘😘💖💖🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Dope! Alofas from Los Angeles.
Simply amazing
Can you do more Samoan songs like this please?
My heart! ❤. Mālō lava!
Wow! Beautiful.
Wow… thank you for sharing your gift. Beautiful.
Always one of my fav Samoan songs 🇼🇸❤️
Thank you for being part of this Hymn. God Bless you all. Beautifully done.
Oka Sole, This gives me chill in the desert of Las Vegas Nevada, U S A 🏝🏝🏝🤣🤣🤣🙏
I get chills but in Alaska. And we still have snow on the ground 😪
I literally got the chills here in Antarctica..
this is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 got me tearing up with love and joy in my soul❤️ faafetai tele lava
I like it! ❤❤❤
Wow Amazing Grace!!
💝💝💝💝💖💖💖💖this is sound like angels without any instrument...well done putting together...salute you guys for doing this lovely melody..God bless
Man I wish this song was our anthem
I agree
Tears for home..thank you
This was beautiful 😭
What annointed voices..God bless you all!☝️☝️♥️♥️
Beautiful. Fa'afetai lava.
Samoa lou atu nuu pele I love you, God bless you all
Too beautiful.
That's beautiful. Thank you.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful😍😘😍😘
Mesmerising harmonies 🤯😇
God bless and be you all love the singing and what amazing voices😇🌺💗🌺
thank you all. that was beautifully done.💖
Wow...wow...wow....god bless you all
Amazing, nice arrangement.
Faafetai tele.🎶🎵😎
Beautiful song beautiful voices God bless you all 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Very nice. Thankyou. I love that music😘God bless.💞
I’m impressed. WOW. Love how beautiful the voices are. Also very soulful. That bass, oh yeah!❣️🌺
Proud😭
Just BEAUTIFUL
Wow Malo Lava! Thank you for your beautiful voices!!
Wow. Beautiful
Beautiful 😍 🤩 ❤❤❤❤
Beautiful 😍
CHEE HOOOO!!!
Love it. Thank you.
Angelic voices. Beautifully done and thank you! Wishing you all a Happy New Year - 2022!
Awesome 👏 !!! So diverse too!!! Yes!
Beautiful!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Beautiful
Beautifully sung. ❤️
Very beautiful 👏👏👏
Love my people 🇼🇸 the people of the Sun
Malo Vele ✊🏾
BEAUTIFULLY done!!💯🤙🏽
Lo ta nu’u na ou fanau ai
Ua lelei oe i le vasa e
Ua e maua ai mai luga o le tofi aoga
{ SAMOANA }
Samoana, ala mai
Fai ai nei le fa’afetai
I le pule e maua ai
O lo’u nu’u i le vasa e
E ua lalelei Samoa
Lona valevale noa
E mo’omia ai ou
Fanua, Samoana ala mai
Ua sui lou tautai
Lou mamalu ia mau ai
Tuputupu pea mai
Talu nu’u ua feagai ai
Nu’u mamao ua e maua ai
Mea lelei e atia’e ai
Lou mamalu ia mautu
Mata’upu, tau Iesu
Ia fai oe ma nu’u tumau
Olaola lau fanau
Ia vi’ia e fa’avavau
Le ua pule aoao
my country where I was born.
perfectly near the sea.
found from above and held with pride*
Just PURE beautiful
This was beautiful 😍
Thank you ❤
Beautiful listening to this makes me miss home!
Wow one of my favorite samoan song 😊❤👍
Ele uma le malie o fatuga tuai, GB, from Leaupepe Syd Ausie
...'grew up to dis song. Always had a special way of love-tappin my soul whenever is it's being sung.
Thank you!
whats amazin in this is the harmony from non-samoans in this video. Just great and voices blend in perfectly
Noooooice!!!💪🏽👍🏽👌🏽🤜🏽🤛🏽🙏🏾
wonderful. Thanks
Well done 🇼🇸🇦🇸
WOW!! This is Beautiful
Son ova Beesh I love it. Sing it you beautiful people you 🥰🥰🥰
Lyrics:
Lo ta nu’u na ou fanau ai
Ua lelei oe i le vasa e
Ua e maua ai mai luga o le tofi aoga
{ SAMOANA }
Samoana, ala mai
Fai ai nei le fa’afetai
I le pule e maua ai
O lo’u nu’u i le vasa e
Bravo!! Great job guys. Joyful and spiritually uplifting. Thanks for the inspiration.(in the sense of divine guidance) God bless you all from Seattle Washington
This is our America the Beautiful. Our 2nd National Anthem if not the first.
This is awesome!!!
Beautiful...
How did y’all do this man tried singing on zoom and it’s hilarious!!!!timing is so off. Asking for a friend 😂😂😂😂
Love it.👍👌
HAPPY SAMOAN LANGUAGE WEEK 🇼🇸🔥
Awesome
Certified sekiness ❤ awesome voices 💯
Classic ❤
Wow👏👏👏
Sekia!