Samoan version of Art Garfunkel’s Bright Eyes Sa ou le moe lelei Mata’utia le miti nei Ua sua tutu’i tele mai le tai, ua lolovai A ua fa’auli le tafalagi Malama maoa’e i le lagi Leai se na iloa le pogai ua mafua ai E la’u miti ua fai chorus:
(Performed, in this video, by Dennis Ah Yek.) ‘Taeao’ means morning, and at first this song seems to describe a typical morning, with birds chirping and the sun shining through the clouds. Listen more carefully and you’ll find this song is referring to a blessed morning, long ago, when the
