Ko ha Tangata Fononga Fonu he Loto-mamahi

Lyrics

1. 1. Ko ha tangata fononga

   Fonu he loto mamahi,

   Naʻá ma faʻa fetaulaki

   Peá ne kole ha tokoni

   Ne ʻikai te u malava

   ʻO ʻekea siʻono hingoa

   Naʻe hā mei hono fofongá

   ʻA e ʻulungāanga ʻofa.

2. 2. Naʻá ne hūfia hoku falé,

   He teuteu ʻeku tēpilé,

   Ne u ʻave kotoa ki ai

   Neongo ʻene toe siʻí,

   Naʻá ne tāpuakiʻi

   Pea ʻomi hoku ʻinasí

   Naʻe hangē ha mana ʻeni

   Tatau mo haʻa ʻIsilelí.

3. 3. Ne u sio atu ki ai,

   Veʻe fauniteni masaní,

   Kuo tafe atu he maká

   ʻA e vai mapunopuná,

   Peá ne ʻalu ai ke inu

   Mole ʻa e ivi ne maʻu

   Peá ne ʻutu tuʻo tolu

   Inu ʻa e ʻū ipu fonu.

4. 4. Kuo ʻosi atu ʻa e vaí

   Manavahē mo e matangí

   Ne u ongona hono leʻó

   ʻO u feinga fakatoʻotoʻó

   Pea ʻave ki hoku falé

   ʻA e paionia malōlō hē

   ʻOiau ʻa e ngoue ʻĪtení

   Lolotonga ʻeku misí

5. 5. Ne u mamata ai he halá

   Kuó ne faingataʻaʻia

   Lahi ʻa e kafo hono tā

   Peá u tokoniʻi iá

   ʻOatu ʻene meʻakaí

   Maʻu peá ne mālohí

   Ne ngalo ʻene mamahí

   Melino ne na feohí

6. 6. Ne u toe mamata kiate ia

   He fale fakapōpulá

   Kuo nau tala ʻo fakahā

   Ko e lavaki ʻo e fonuá

   Ne u tuʻu hono tafaʻakí

   Mate ko e fakamoʻoní

   Mamata tonu he filí

   He fakatanga mālohí

7. 7. Pea fakafokifā kuo hā

   Ha tangata kuo monuka

   Tā ko e Fakamoʻui Iá

   ʻOiau ʻEne folofolá

   Ne ʻikai ai pē te ke mā

   ʻOiau e loto-veiuá

   Haʻu ki ho mālōlōʻangá

   Nonga pea mo e fiefiá.