Talatonu Sulu\'ape sings the tattoo song as my sister gets her malu (traditional Samoan women\'s thigh tattoo) in Lefaga, Samoa.Tatau Samoa - The Samoan Tatoo Song \n\nC G\n\'O le mafua\'aga lenei ua iloa\nC\nO le taga o le tatau I Samoa\nF\nOle Malaga a teine e toalua\nG\nNa fe\'ausi mai I Fiti i le vasaloloa\n\nC G\nNa la aumai ai o le ato au\nC \nMa si a la pese e tutumau\nF\nFai mai e tata o fafine \nG C\n\'Ae le tata o tane\n\n2. A o le alana tata ai o tane\nI na ua sese si a la pese\nTaunu\'u I gatai o Falealupo\n\'Ua va\'aia loa o le fai sua ua tele\n\nTotofu loa lea o fafine,\nMa ua sui ai si a la pese:\nFaimai e tata o tane,\n\'Ae le tata o fafine\n\n3. Silasila I si tama ua ta\'atia\nO le tufuga lea ua amatalia\nTalofa ua tagi aue aue\nUa oti\'otisolo o le \'autapulu tele\n\nSole sole ia e loto tele\nO le ta\'aloga fa\'atamatane\nE ui lava ina tiga tele\nAe mulimuli ane ua e fefete\n\n4. O atunu\'u uma o le Pasefika\nUa sili Samoa le ta\'uta\'ua\n\'O le sogaimiti ua savalivali mai\nUa fe\'iafi mai o na fa\'a\'ila\n\nO asofa\'aifo, fa\'amuli\'ali\'ao\nFa\'aatualoa, selufa\'alaufao\nO le sigano fa\'apea fa\'aulutao\nUa ova I le vasa laolao \n\nThis is the known origin \nof the permitted Tatau in Samoa\nThe journey of two sisters\nWho swam in the ocean from Fiji\n\n\nThey brought with them a basket of the tatau tools\nand the song they repeated\nit said only the women recieve thetatau\nand the men do not \n\nThe reason why the men receive the tatau \nis the sisters sang their song incorrectly\nWhen they arrived at the coastal waters of Falealupo\nThey saw a huge clam\nThey dived for it \nand when they came up they sang\nIt said only the men receive the tatau\nand the women do not\n\nLook at the young man lying down\nas the tufuga begins his work\nPity the crying of the young man\nThe stinging bite of the autapula teeth\n\nYoung man be brave\nit is a game of the men\nAlthough it is very painful\nYet afterwards you will be proud of it\n\nOf all of the Islands in the Pacific\nSamoa is well known for its tatau\nThe young men with his tatau walking by\nAs the decorations of the tatau shine lefaga, legend, malu, samoa, samoan, sulu'ape, tatau, tattoo, tufuga