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Ko e Moʻunga ʻo Saione
Loto-fakaʻeiʻeiki
1. Ko e moʻunga ʻo Saione ē,
ʻA ia kuo hakeekiná,
Ko ha feituʻu fungani lelei,
Kalofanga ʻo e kau liʻekiná,
Saioné, Saioné! ʻA e māsaní,
Ko hoʻo ngaahi fakaʻofoʻofa,
Tō ai ʻeku ʻamanekiná.
2. Neongo ʻa e manuki mo e lumá,
Kau poto fakaemāmaní,
Pea tuʻu pe ʻa e laukau ʻo luma,
Kae fiefia siʻo kakai ní,
Saioné, Saioné! ʻA e māsaní,
Neongo hoʻo ngaahi faingataʻá,
Kae kehe pē ke ʻatauá.
3. ʻE fokotuʻu maʻu pē ʻa e koló,
ʻE he nima pe ʻo Sihová,
ʻOmi ʻa e koula ʻa e maka tasiló,
Haʻa tuʻi ha meʻaʻofá,
Saioné, Saioné! ʻA e māsaní,
Fakaʻofoʻofa ho ngaahi tauá,
Mo Ho nāunau tapuha.
4. Ko e hā ha meʻa ʻe taʻofi aú,
Tuku pē ke u ʻalu atú,
ʻO mamata he ʻene māsani faú,
Mo hono temipale tapú,
Saioné, Saioné! ʻA e māsaní,
Te mau hū atu ʻi ho temipalé,
Pea mau nofo ai mo Koé.
Fakaleá: Charles W. Penrose, 1832–1925
Fakatuʻungafasí: H.S. Thompson, ca. 1852