A Samoan song inviting you to get up and ‘minoi minoi’ – move your body.
Minoi minoi minoi
Minoi pei o se loi
A siva siva ua gaoioi
Lololo pei o se pe’epe’e ua loiloi
Suite sua malie pei ose poi
{ CHORUS }
Ata lupe lupe
Aue, tagi tagi aue
O lo’u loto lea tau ina fa’apea
Tau’ina fa’apele pele
Minoi minoi e
Minoi minoi e
Minoi minoi ane
Minoi minoi o la’u pele
Ha ha ha
Ote alu i gauta
I Moto’otua lo’u ofisa
E a’oa’o ai sa’u lesona
Soia ete alu fa’ala
E ole pululole
E lamolemole
A laumulamu ua pe i ose lole
Avane ai loa ma le ipu kofe
Aue ole ulu sele mole
This song appears on the album Samoa Matalasi by the Five Stars. Grab it on Amazon.
SOLE MY GRANDPA WROTE THIS SONG HE IS THE ORIGINATOR
Is there a translation for this song anywhere? just wondering
The English translation are as follows:
Move, move like an ant when you dance,
Swaying from side to side
Dipping into rich coconut cream,
As sweet as baked fruit.
Ah, my pigeon,
Crying out to me,
I wish you could keep dancing like that,
So move, move, move my darling.
The choir I used to a member of sang the choral version…love it!!
My father who is native hawaiian had many of island songs in his collection- this one was the favorite of my younger brother, who was 1-2 yrs old at the time. We played it repeatedly to get him to sleep.Doesn’t seem peaceful, but he liked it.
I just need to correct the claims of a CHRISTOPHER Marshall being the composer of this song. My great uncle Kuka Tuitama wrote this song and my mother’s brother is over my great uncle’s trust and holds all the rights to his music. He has two sons who live in California who still receive royalties for their fathers music.
Christopher Marshall is not the composer, he’s an *arranger*. His arrangement is copyrighted 1995, JEHMS, Inc. (division of Alliance Music Publications, Inc., Houston TX).
thanks mate