These two short original songs were composed as practical works through which I will begin testing Punake Theory. They are presented in the Tongan numerical notation system known as tuʻungafasi—the practice of notating and staffing music through numbers organised into rows and columns. Two audio recordings of the songs are also embedded on this page. The two songs are titled Peau 1 and Peau 2, reflecting the use of peau (waves) as a figure of speech, or heliaki, in the application’s questions-and-answers document. All notation, lyrics, and audio presented here are preliminary and subject to substantial development and revision throughout the six-month Fellowship. They are intended solely as initial creative experiments through which the ideas proposed for the Fellowship can be tested.

Peau 1

Verse 1

Seuke           si‘i fakamani  mani      ‘a e pe     a    u           Si ene ta      alo

33 : – I – : 78 II 33 : 33 I 39 : 8 II 87: 78 I 7 : – II – : -II 88 : 87 I 8 : 7 II 7:

Kau nofo au mo e fakaamu      pehe ange mai ke u heka he alapalavu

75 I 5 : 79II 8 : 7 I – : – II 99 : 99 I 8 : 7 II 99 : 99 I 88 : 77 II 9 : 9 I – :  

He taau e hiki fonua maa e kahau                                   Aotearoa ko e kenani

– II 88 : 3 I 3 : 3 II 3 : 98 I 89 : 8 II 7 : – I – : – II – : 33 I 33 :33 II 33 : 3 I 33

fakatalutalu           Kuo tohi tongi koe heeku manatu                  Heku o ke hoko

33 : 33 I 3 : 3 II – : – I 4 : 4 II 4 : 4 I 99 : 99 II 33 : 3 I – : – II 33 : 33 I 3 :7 –

Ko hoto salusalu          Teu tau leva          ki    he pa    anga      ngalu

5 II 44 : 44 I 4 : 3 II – : – I 4 : 43 II 39 : – I 9 : -5 II 54 : 88 I 33 : – I – : – II

Peau 1 (lyrics)

Verse 1

Seuke si‘i fakamanimani ‘a e peau

Si’ene ta’alo kau nofo au moe fakaamu

Pehe ange mai ke u heka he alapalavu

He taau e hiki fonua ma’a e kaha’u

Refrain

Aotearoa ko e Kenani fakatalutalu

Kuo tohi tongi koe he’eku manatu

He kuo ke hoko ko hoto salusalu

Te u tauleva ki he pa’angangalu

Peau 2

Verse 1

Ko e peau tā e fanga Onehunga   Kuo ne aake  vilo pea ne taka ha ha! Ha ha!

3333 : 3333 I 3333 : 3 II 3333 : 3333 I 3333: 3–3 II 3 : 3–3 I 3 : 3II

Tala atu tama hake pea ke hola    He ‘oku ta’au mo fakailifia ha ha! Ha ha!

9999 : 9999 I 8888 : 8 II 9999 : 9999 I 8888: 8–3 II 3 : 3–3 I 3 : 3II

Refrain

‘Oiaue! Fakapo! ‘Oiaue! Fakapo      Tala ki ‘uta ‘oku tapu e hifo     ‘Oiaue! Faka                                                                               

5-55 : 54 I 3 : – II 5-55 : 54 I 3 : – II8888 : 8888 I 9999 : 9 II5-55 : 54 I

po   ‘Oiaue! Fakapo!          Tala ki ‘uta ‘oku tapu e hifo

3 : – II 5-55 : 54 I 3 : – II 9-99 : 9999 I 3333 : – II