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Ko e Hiva ʻo e Lotó
ʻI he fiefia
1. Ko e hiva ʻo e lotó,
He ʻaho kotoá,
Fakataha mai ʻi ʻapí,
Nofo ʻo taʻengatá,
Mo e kakai monūʻiá,
Mo e kāinga ʻofeiná,
Nofo ʻo taʻengatá,
Ko e hiva ʻo e lotó,
Hiva ʻi hotau ʻapi leleí.
2. Neongo e koví,
Ko e lea ke fakahā
Tau hiva kalanga kotoá,
Fekita he ʻofá,
Fiefia he kāingá,
Kuo nau pekia fuoloá,
Fekita he ʻofá,
Neongo e koví
Siʻi kāinga ne pekiá.
3. Vīsone ʻe hā maí,
He ʻapi leleí,
ʻIkai ha lea feʻungá,
Ka te u mamatá,
Laumālie pē moʻoní,
Hiva pea fakafetaʻí,
Ka te u mamatá,
He vīsione hā maí,
Hiva loto-fakafetaʻí.
4. Hiva pea fakahā,
Fiefia mo mavavá,
Kakato ai ʻetau ʻofá,
Fonu he fiefiá,
He kāinga ʻofá,
Mo ʻetau mātuʻa fakalangí,
Fonu he fiefiá,
Kalanga fiefiá,
Mo ʻetau mātuʻa fakalangí.
Fakaleá: Joseph L. Townsend, 1849–1942
Fakatuʻungafasí: William Clayson, 1840–1887