Isa Lei

<br>Isa Isa vulagi lassa dina<br>Nomu lako au na rarawa kina<br>Cava beka ko a mai cakava,<br>Nomu lako au na sega ni lasa.<br>Chorus:<br>Isa Lei, na noqu rarawa,<br>Ni ki sana vodo e na mataka<br>Bau nanuma, na nodatou lasa,<br>Mai Suva nanuma tiko ga.<br>Vanua rogo na nomuni vanua,<br>Kena ca ni levu tu na ua,<br>Lomaqu voli me`u bau butuka<br>Tovolea ke balavu na bula.<br>(Chorus)<br>Domoni dina na nomu yanuyanu,<br>Kena kau wale na salusalu,<br>Mocelolo, bua, na kukuwalu,<br>Lagakali, maba na rosi damu.<br>(Chorus)<br>[English Translation]<br>Isa, Isa you are my only treasure;<br>Must you leave me, so lonely and foresaken?<br>As the roses will miss the sun at dawning,<br>Every moment my heart for you is yearning.<br>Chorus:<br>Isa Lei, the purple shadow falling,<br>Sad the morrow will dawn upon my sorrow;<br>O, forget not, when you`re far away,<br>Precious moments beside dear Suva.<br>Isa, Isa, my heart was filled with pleasure,<br>From the moment I heard your tender greeting;<br>`Mid the sunshine, we spent the hours together,<br>Now so swiftly those happy hours are fleeting.<br>(Chorus)<br>O`er the ocean your island home is calling,<br>Happy country where roses bloom in splendour;<br>O, if I could but journey there beside you,<br>Then forever my heart would sing in rapture.<br>(Chorus)