Ko e Hiva ʻo e Lotó

 


Lyrics

  1. 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. 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. 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. 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