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Naʻe Tala pē ʻe Sīsū
ʻI he loto-fakamātoato
1. Naʻe tala pē ʻe Sīsū,
ʻE hoko ʻa e kuonga,
ʻO Ne tala ki he kau ako,
ʻE ai ha mamahi,
Te nau haha kimoutolu,
Pea fakamāuʻi.
Ka mou kātaki pe ke aʻu,
Ki he ʻaho ʻo e mate.
[Chorus]
Naʻa nau tuʻu maʻu he tui.
Kātaki.
Kātaki ʻa e tolo maka,
Pea mo e mata ʻo e heleta,
ʻIkai tuka he ulo ʻo e afi,
Pe tali ha fakahaofia,
He naʻa nau siofia pē,
ʻA honau kalauni,
Kuo ʻosi hono teuiʻi,
ʻI he langi.
2. Neongo ʻa e pilisone,
Neonga ʻa e heletā,
Naʻe ʻikai te nau toe foki,
Ka naʻa nau ikuna.
Naʻa nau loto toʻa ʻi
he tau mo māmani.
Ko ia ne nau ikuna ai,
Ikuna ʻi he tui.
[Chorus]
Naʻa nau tuʻu maʻu he tui.
Kātaki.
Kātaki ʻa e tolo maka,
Pea mo e mata ʻo e heleta,
ʻIkai tuka he ulo ʻo e afi,
Pe tali ha fakahaofia,
He naʻa nau siofia pē,
ʻA honau kalauni,
Kuo ʻosi hono teuiʻi,
ʻI he langi.
3. Neongo ʻa e fakatanga,
Kilisi fahi ua.
Naʻe ʻikai te nau toe tali,
Ha fakahaofia.
Ko ia naʻa nau liʻaki,
ʻA ʻenau moʻui.
Koeʻuhi ke nau toe tuʻu,
Ke tuʻu lelei hake.
[Chorus]
Naʻa nau tuʻu maʻu he tui.
Kātaki.
Kātaki ʻa e tolo maka,
Pea mo e mata ʻo e heleta,
ʻIkai tuka he ulo ʻo e afi,
Pe tali ha fakahaofia,
He naʻa nau siofia pē,
ʻA honau kalauni,
Kuo ʻosi hono teuiʻi,
ʻI he langi.
Fakaleá: Mary Ann Baker, ca. 1874
Fakatuʻungafasí: H.R. Palmer, 1834–1907