Happy New Year, Samoan Lyrics Fam!
First, an apology. I posted a note that I was working on updates to this site and that they would be ready in a few days. That was several months ago – my bad. I had to take care of… life stuff. You know that story. But it’s a new year – Happy 2025 – […]
Kick Off Your Collection of Classic Samoan Love Songs
Samoa Lyrics started as a subsite of One Samoana, which is all about discovering and celebrating our Samoan cultural heritage. We realized early on that our music – and especially the poetry in our lyrics – is a profound expression of our values, sentiments, and philosophies as a people. In fact, you can learn a […]
Samoana, Ala Mai: Translating Lota Nu’u
You know how at the end of a long Samoan (usually family) function, someone says the closing prayer then everybody gets up to sing a song together? I love that. Not just because it means we can go home soon and eat the food we’ve already loaded in the car (who does that?) ’cause of […]
Translating Naumati Lagona
Music has been a huge part of my life since, as a very young child, I couldn’t go to sleep without somebody singing to me… and then they must have got sick of it cause next minute I get this portable radio thing for my birthday… To this day I STILL find it easier to […]
Tama a Samoa – A modern classic of Samoan music
If you’re Samoan, especially if you’ve got any interest in our rugby then you’ve most likely heard the song ‘Tama a Samoa’… except, because it’s been recorded and performed by various artists, you may have heard or seen it called ‘Tama Samoa’. A Tribute to Our Rugby Team It was composed in the early 90s […]