ʻEiki ke Ke Tali Muʻa

Kole fakamatoato

1. ʻEiki ke ke tali muʻa,
ʻA siʻeku kole,
Mo siʻeku tapafua
Ho huafa tapu.

2. ʻOfa pē ke hōifua,
ʻA Ho finangalo,
Mo ke fakangalomia
ʻEku angakovi.

3. Tuku mai Ho Laumālie,
Ke nofo ʻiate au.
Ke u fakaʻosi ʻaki
ʻA e anga-taʻetaau.

4. Ke ke ngaohi hoku loto,
Ke u ʻapasia,
Tauhi ki Ho finangalo
Peá u monūʻia.

5. Ke ke fokotuʻu maʻu
ʻA siʻoku vaʻe
ʻI he hala ʻo e lotu
Ke ʻoua naʻá ku hē.

6. Ko e lotu ʻa e kāingalotu
Hā ko e fakakaukau
He ko e ʻAlo mo e Tamai
Te Na hōifua ai.

7. ʻE ʻafioʻi ʻetau lotu
Laumālie tali hū
Sīsū taloni he Tamai
Ke tali lotu mai.

8. Ke tau haʻu ki he ʻOtuá
He hala kuo tofa
He kuo ʻatā pea kuo ngofua
ʻEiki tau feʻao ā.

Fakaleá: James Montgomery, 1771–1854

Fakatuʻungafasí: George Careless, 1839–1932