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Oku ʻOfa ʻEku Tamai Hēvaní ʻIate Au


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Oku ʻOfa ʻEku Tamai Hēvaní ʻIate Au

Loto-fakamaatoato

1. ʻEku ongoʻi hiva e manupuná,

Pe sio ki he langi maʻá.

ʻEku ongoʻi ʻuha hoku matá

Pe maʻali e matangí.

Ke u ala he lose olovetí

Pe lue he veʻe ʻakaú.

Fiefia he nofo ʻi he māmani

Faʻu ʻe he Tamai maʻakú.

2. ʻOmi e matá ke u lava ʻo sio.

Ki he lanu ʻo e pepé,

ʻOmi e telingá ke u fanongo.

Ki he ngaahi meʻa fakaofó,

ʻOmi e moʻui mo e lotó.

Te u fakamālō ki ai,

Ki heʻene ngaahi faʻu kotoa.

ʻIo, ʻoku ne ʻofa ʻiate au.

Fakaleá mo e fakatuʻungafasí: Clara W. McMaster, 1904–1997. © 1961 IRI. Arr. © 1989 IRI

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