ʻOtua Tāpuakiʻi Siʻomau Palōfita ʻOfeiná

ʻI he loto-faʻalotu

1. ʻOtua, tāpuakiʻi
siʻomau palōfita
ʻofeiná,
Pea fiefia mo ki-
nautolu ʻOku nau
fili ki he lelei
mo e moʻoni.

2. ʻE mafola atu
ʻa Ho puleʻanga
tala ʻe he
kau palōfitá.
ʻE ʻi he tahi ki
he tahi pea te tau
mamata ki aí.

3. Ke mou taha pē ʻo ha-
ngē ko e Tamaí
mo Hono ʻAló
Pea taha ʻi he loto
maʻu ai pē, pea tuʻu
maʻu ʻo aʻu ki he
taʻengatá.

Fakaleá: Bernard Snow, 1822–1894

Fakatuʻungafasí: Harry A. Dean 1892–1987.