Zvakanyatsogadziriswa kuti mushure mamashoko aya (welcome) uye vinaka (chinyorwa), mazwi maviri aunonzwa kakawanda kupfuura mamwe ose paanoshanyira Fiji ndi " Isa Lei." Izvo ndezvekuti ivo ndiro zita rerwiyo rukuru rwekufuratira kwekuti Fijians inoimba kubva kune vashanyi.
Melodic uye inokurudzira, zvinyorwa zvaro zvinotapira zvinokura mumatanda emimhanzi-semakumbo. Fijians kuwana zvakawanda zvekudzidzira kuimba pamusi weSvondo muchechi (tarisira kushanda kuti ushushike nemitambo inonakidza), uye rwiyo rwavo rwokuratidza kwauri kune chokwadi rumutsa mafungiro.
" Isa Lei" inoimbwa muFijian, uye yakanyorwa muna 1967 nevaAustralia vaimbi vese The Seekers pa album yavo "Roving With the Seekers." Heino shanduro yeChirungu:
Isa, Isa iwe iwe fuma yangu chete;
Unofanira kundisiya here, saka uri ndoga uye uchibviswa?
Sezvo roses ichishaya zuva zuva rabuda,
Nguva imwe neimwe mwoyo wangu kwauri unoshuva.
Isa Lei, mumvuri wepepuru unowa,
Zvinosuruvarisa mangwana mangwana achasvika pakuchema kwangu;
O, usakanganwa, iwe uri kure,
Nguva dzinokosha padzinodiwa naSuva.
Isa, Isa, mwoyo wangu wakazadzwa nemufaro,
Kubva panguva yandakanzwa kukwazisa kwako kwenyasha;
'Pakati pezuva, takapedza maawa pamwe chete,
Iye zvino saka nokukurumidza iyo maawa anofara ari munguva pfupi.
Isa Lei, mumvuri wepepuru unowa,
Zvinosuruvarisa mangwana mangwana achasvika pakuchema kwangu;
O, usakanganwa, iwe uri kure,
Nguva dzinokosha padzinodiwa naSuva.
O'er iri mugungwa imba yako yechitsuwa iri kudana,
Nyika inofara apo roses inokura mukubwinya;
O, dai ndaikwanisa kuenda kunze uko,
Ipapo mwoyo wangu unogara uchiimba mukudamwa.
Isa Lei, mumvuri wepepuru unowa,
Zvinosuruvarisa mangwana mangwana achasvika pakuchema kwangu;
O, usakanganwa, iwe uri kure,
Nguva dzinokosha padzinodiwa naSuva.
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Donna Heiderstadt iri muNew York City-based freelance travel munyori uye muparidzi uyo akapedza upenyu hwake achitsvaka mafungiro ake maviri makuru: kunyora nekuongorora nyika.
Yakarongedzwa naJohn Fischer