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Ko e Hiva ʻAloʻí
ʻI he loto-ʻofa
1. Ko e taimi ʻo e fiefiá.
Kuo ofi e Kilisimasí.
Talanoa moʻoni ʻo e ʻaloʻí,
ʻAloʻi e tama ki māmaní.
2. Ko e fetuʻu foʻou ngingilá,
Kilisimasí ʻomi e māmá.
ʻĀngelo ne tala ʻe ʻaloʻí,
“Hōsana melino ki māmaní.”
3. He ʻaiʻanga kai masivá;
Fanga manu ne nau taliá,
Mohenga he ʻaiʻanga kaí,
Toka ai ʻa Sīsū Kalaisí.
4. Ko e kau tauhisipi ʻená,
Hū ki he tama mei he langí,
Kau poto mo e fetu’u he langí,
Laipeno, koula mo e mulá.
5. Mamata he faʻē ʻofeiná,
Siosefa ʻofa taki e ʻasí,
Pēpē ʻena ʻo Pētelihemá,
Ko e ʻEiki ko e Fakamoʻuí.
ʻE lava ke fokotuʻu hake ʻa e ngaahi fakatātā ki he veesi takitaha lolotonga e tā teuteú.
Fakaleá: Patricia Kelsey Graham, f. 1940. © 1980 IRI. Toʻo mei he foʻi maau “Ko e Talanoa ʻo e ʻAloʻí,” fai ʻe Avon Allen Compton
Fakatuʻungafasí: Patricia Kelsey Graham, f. 1940. © 1980 IRI