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ʻOfa ʻi ʻApi
ʻI he loto-fakamātoato
1. ʻOku māsani ʻa e meʻa kotoa
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi
Fiefia ʻa e meʻa kotoa,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi.
Mahu melino ʻa e fāmili,
Hā mai ʻa e feʻofoʻofani,
Hanga ʻalu pē ʻa e taimi,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi.
Ko e ʻofa ʻi ʻapi,
Hanga ʻalu pē ʻa e taimi
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi.
2. ʻOku fiefia ʻa e fāmili,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi,
ʻIkai fehiʻa pē meheka,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi
ʻOku ʻalaha ai ʻa e losé,
Ko e kakala lelei ʻo māmani,
Fakafiefia ki he moʻui,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi.
Ko e ʻofa ʻi ʻapi.
Fakafiefia ki he moʻui
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi.
3. ʻOfa mai ʻa e langi kotoa,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi,
Fonu ʻa māmani he ʻofa,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi.
Ongolelei ʻa e akonaki,
Pea foaki moe tāpuaki,
Fiefia mo e māfimafi,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi.
Ko e ʻofa, ʻi ʻapi.
Fiefia mo e māfimafi,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi.
4. ʻIkai faingataʻa ha meʻa,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi,
ʻIkai ha fefusiaki,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi.
ʻE mole ai ʻae mamahi,
Pea fakalata ʻa māmani,
Ngali ofi mo e langi,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi.
Ko e ʻofa ʻi ʻapi.
Ngali ofi mo e langi,
ʻOfa ʻi ʻapi.
Fakaleá mo e tuʻungafasí: John Hugh McNaughton, 1829–1891