Ua Vai 'Api - Tahitian Aparima

 

I tera ra tau i to`u vai `apiraa
Ua here ho`i au ia `oe i ni'a i te one
I te hiti o te pape i mana`o ai au
I to'u vai `apiraa
E noa atu te tau aita i mo`e la'u to `oe nehenehe
Rahi e noa atu te tau e te mau matahiti
Ua vai `api noa a
Tu`u here no `ie
I ni`a i te one
I te hiti o te pape ua ite au
Ua vai `api to`u here no `oe

I was young in that time
I loved you on the range at the edge of water
I still thought of our youth
In spite of time,
I never forgot your great beauty
With all these years spent,
I love you always so much,
This love, that we had known
On the range at the edge of water
I realize that I love you
Still more than the first time

 

Source: Translation by Tina Moorea