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Original lyrics
Memento Arbori
Ah, the sweet smell of flowers bursting from the buds:
The fruit is born
And within its life-giving flesh
The seed was conceived!
From its rotted remains
It enters the Mother's bosom:
The sapling has awoken
Springing towards the Father's light.
Every daybreak, every moonrise, they remember
Every raindrop, every dew, they remember
Every prayer, every vow, they remember
World without end.
Like the forgotten waves of the sea
So, too, is the lonely twinkle in the night
And beyond the fog that shrouds the past
Lies the road of no return.
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SilentRebel83 on 2017-12-13
SilentRebel83 on 2017-12-13Last edited by SilentRebel83 on 2023-04-30
SilentRebel83 on 2023-04-30Translation
Manatua 'O e Fu'u'akau
'Oi, ko e kakala mei he moto
Ka fa'ele he fua
Pea ko 'i loto hono kano foaki mo'ui
Kuo fānau'i he tenga!
Mei he toenga pala 'o'ona
'Oku hū ia ki he fatafata 'a e Fa'ē
Kuo 'ā 'a e huli
'O ne tupu hake ki he maama 'o e Tāmai.
Pongipongi kotoa, halani kotoa, ko nau 'ilo
Vai'uha kotoa, vaivao kotoa, ko nau 'ilo
Lotu kotoa, fuakava kotoa, ko nau 'ilo
'O ta'engata.
Hange ko e ngalu peau 'o moana
Ko ia ai tatau mo e kemokemo ngaongaoa 'i he po'uli
Pea mama'o mei he hāhau 'oku fakapo'uli'i he kimu'a
'Oku ai 'a e hala 'oku 'ikai foki hataha.
SilentRebel83: Top 3
| 1. | Mother |
| 2. | Comptine d'un autre été |
| 3. | Sun |
Idioms from "Memento Arbori"
| 1. | ta ilo |
| 2. | world without end |
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audio aid: "The Memory of Trees" - Enya