Tānaki Ho Ngaahi Tāpuaki

ʻI he fofonga fiefia

1. ʻO ka ke ka fononga he faingataʻá,
ʻOua naʻá ke manavasiʻi,
ʻO mahalo kuo mole ia kotoa,
Kae maʻu ho ngaahi tāpuaki.

[Chorus]
Tānaki ʻa
ho tāpuaki.
Tānaki ʻo
lau taki taha,
Tānaki ʻa
e tāpuaki.
Sio ki he ʻofa
ʻa e ʻOtua.

2. Pea ʻo ka faingataʻa ʻa e ngāue,
ʻA ia kuo ui koe ke ke fai,
Tānaki hoʻo ngaahi tāpuaki,
Peá ke hiva koe ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho.

[Chorus]
Tānaki ʻa
ho tāpuaki.
Tānaki ʻo
lau taki taha,
Tānaki ʻa
e tāpuaki.
Sio ki he ʻofa
ʻa e ʻOtua.

3. ʻO ka ke ka sio ki he kakai,
Mo honau fonua mo ʻenau koula,
Manatuʻi kuo talaʻofa ʻe Sīsū,
Ha koloa taʻe ʻi ai hano ngataʻanga.

[Chorus]
Tānaki ʻa
ho tāpuaki.
Tānaki ʻo
lau taki taha,
Tānaki ʻa
e tāpuaki.
Sio ki he ʻofa
ʻa e ʻOtua.

4. Tānaki ho ngaahi tāpuaki,
ʻE tokoni ʻe he kau ʻāngelo,
Te nau fakafiemālieʻi koe,
Ki he ngataʻanga ʻo e fonongá.

[Chorus]
Tānaki ʻa
ho tāpuaki.
Tānaki ʻo
lau taki taha,
Tānaki ʻa
e tāpuaki.
Sio ki he ʻofa
ʻa e ʻOtua.

Fakaleá: Johnson Oatman, Jr., 1856–1922

Fakatuʻungafasí: Edwin O. Excell, 1851–1921