Uli (Tongan in my Tongan culture class) says the song was originally written for the funeral or Ana.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRGX9fHVhHQ Original version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6m6FINTB4E The version I’ve heard played at Tongan weddings
Some of the lyrics translated:
Oh my dearest Ana Latu
Ana, so precious to me.
Oh, how we walked on the sand,
How our footprints became one.
My fellow men and women
You may go away to sleep
And let me stay awake
For this is our last night together
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