ʻOku Tau Tō ʻa e Tenga

 


Lyrics

  1. 1. ʻOku tau tō ʻa e tenga

    ʻa ia ʻoku ʻaongá.

    Naʻe tō ʻa e niʻihi,

    Tō ʻi he veʻehalá.

    Pea haʻu ʻa e fanga manu,

    ʻO nau kai ʻo ʻosi,

    Pea ngata hono ʻaonga

    ʻi he potu mamahi.

  2. 2. Mokulu ʻa e niʻihi

    ʻi he potu fefeká.

    Naʻe siʻi ʻa e kelekele,

    Pea tupu leva ia.

    Naʻe ulo mai e laʻaá,

    Peá ne vela aí.

    Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai

    ʻilo ai hano aka.

  3. 3. Mokulu ʻa e niʻihi

    tō ʻi he talatalá.

    Pea tupu leva ia ʻo

    Fakakāsia ia.

    ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito ʻaonga

    Kiate kitautolu.

    ʻA e ngāue ʻa e ʻOtua

    pe ko e Siasi tapu.

  4. 4. Ka naʻe tō ha niʻihi

    ki he feituʻu leleí.

    Pea tupu ai ʻa e fua,

    Pea tuʻu maʻu pē ia.

    ʻO ʻikai ʻi māmani

    Ha meʻa ke ne taʻofi.

    ʻA kitautolu mei he

    Puleʻanga hēvaní.

Fakaleá: ʻOku ʻikai ʻilo pe ko e faʻu ʻa hai., Pure Diamonds, Cleveland, 1872

Fakatuʻungafasí: Henry A. Tuckett, 1852–1918