ʻE Vakai Naʻe Pekia

Molumalu

1. ʻE vakai naʻe pekiá.
ʻA Sīsū ko e fuʻu Hau.
Ko e feilaulau ʻo e hia.
ʻI he mamahi hulu fau.
ʻO Ne huhuʻi kitautolu.

2. Hono nifi ʻa e manuki,
Ne fai ʻe he kau fietoʻa.
Kae feʻunga ʻa e kātaki.
Siʻono fofonga ʻofa,
He hulu fau ʻetau hia.

3. ʻA e tatā talatala,
Faʻu ʻaki Hono ʻulu.
Fakakofu kulokula.
Oma ne unuʻi ʻahu,
Ne ʻo hake ke Ne inu.

4. Ke tau fakatātā ʻaki,
ʻA e mā pea mo e ipu vai.
Hono sino ne tutuki.
Pea mo e taʻataʻa tapu.
Ne lingi maʻatautolu.

5. ʻOku hā he folofola
Ke tau fakamanatua
Pea mo fai ha ʻapasia
Fakamaʻa hoto nima
Ke u hao mei he malaʻia.

6. ʻOku ʻilo Ne moʻuí
Pea tau fakafetaʻí
Pea feinga he ʻaho ní
Fai hono finangaló
Maʻu ai ʻEne tāpuakí

Fakaleá: ʻĪlisa R. Sinou, 1804–1887

Fakatuʻungafasí: George Careless, 1839–1932