Pehē kiʻi Vaitafé “Foaki”

Longomoʻui

1. Pehē kiʻi vaitafé,
“Foaki! Foaki!”
Pehē vaitafé, “Foaki!”
Tafe ʻi he moʻungá
“Kuó u siʻi ka ko e fē pē te u tō aí.
Maʻuiʻui ʻa e mohukú”.

[Chorus]

Hiva he ʻaho kotoá

Foaki pea toe foaki.

Hiva he ʻaho kotoá

Foaki atu.

2. Pehē ʻe he ʻuhá,
“Foaki! Foaki!”
Pehē ʻuhá, “Foaki!”
Mo ne tō he matalaʻiʻakaú,
“Te u toe hiki lau ʻoku maé,
ʻI heʻene tō aí.”

[Chorus]

Hiva he ʻaho kotoá

Foaki pea toe foaki.

Hiva he ʻaho kotoá

Foaki atu.

3. Hangē ko Sīsū ʻo
“Foaki! Foaki!”
Foaki hangē ko Sīsū
ʻO foaki kotoa.
Hangē ko e motó mo e vaitafé
ʻOku moʻui e ʻOtuá.

[Chorus]

Hiva he ʻaho kotoá

Foaki pea toe foaki.

Hiva he ʻaho kotoá

Foaki atu.

Fakaleá: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820–1915