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Te U Maʻu ʻI Fē ʻa e Melinó?
ʻI he loto-fakakaukau
1. Ko e fē ʻa e melinó?
Pe ko e fiemālié,
Ko e monū kuo nau liʻaki aú?
Kafo ai ʻa e lotó, Pe mafasiá
He vakai ki hoku
Laumālié.
2. ʻI he taulofuʻu
ʻA e faingataʻa,
Te u hūfanga nai ki fē, Ko Koe pē,
ʻE maʻu nai mei fē, ʻA e fiemālié,
Ko hai ʻe ʻafioʻi
Ko Sīsū pē.
3. Naʻá Ne talia
Hoku mamahí,
He faingataʻa kotoa ʻEiki ē
ʻOmi pē ʻa e nongá. ʻOmi kiate au.
ʻOku taʻe ngata
Hoʻo ʻofá.
Fakaleá: Emma Lou Thayne, fāʻeleʻi 1924. © 1973 IRI
Fakatuʻungafasí: Joleen G. Meredith, faʻeleʻi 1935. © 1973 IRI