ʻE Tamai Taʻengata

ʻI he loto-faʻalotu

1. ʻE Tamai Taʻengata,
ʻAfio ʻi langi.
Ke ke fakaʻaonga,
Pea tāpuaki.
ʻA e mā mo e ipu vai,
Kiate kimautolu.
Pea mau manatuʻí,
ʻA e feilaulau tapu.

2. ʻOfa maʻongoʻonga,
ʻOfa ʻa e ʻOtua.
ʻA hono mahuʻinga,
Ki he kau pōpula,
Ka naʻe teʻia Ia,
Ke tau moʻui ai.
Huhuʻi ʻetau hia,
He ʻofa Ne fai.

3. Naʻe hāʻele hifo,
Mei he ʻafioʻanga.
ʻA siʻotau hifo,
Ko ʻĪmanuela,
Ke fakahinohino,
Hotau ʻaluʻanga.
Pea te tau toe ʻilo,
Hono puleʻanga.

4. ʻIkai ngata ʻa e poto,
Palani tapuhā,
ʻAloʻi ki māmani,
Huhuʻi haohaoá,
Pea hoko ʻo tangata,
Maʻu ʻa e nāunaú.
Pekia nāunauʻiá,
Tau hao ai kotoá.

Fakaleá: Uiliami W. Felipisi, 1792–1872

Fakatuʻungafasí: Felix Mendelssohn, 1809–1847