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Tau Nofo he ʻEiki Hono Tafaʻaki
ʻI he leʻo-mālohi
1. Tau nofo he ʻEikí,
Hono tafaʻakí,
Tau kole mo tangi,
Tau nofo he ʻEikí,
ʻIkai ha tau ʻe fai,
Fili ʻe ʻoho mai.
Ka ʻoho ʻa e filí,
Tau nofo he ʻEikí.
[Chorus]
Tau nofo he ʻEiki
Hono tafaʻaki
Tau kole mo tangi
Tau nofo he ʻEikí.
2. Tau tali ʻa e ʻEikí,
Mo ʻEne faʻahí.
Faʻahi mālohi,
Tau nofo he ʻEikí.
Te tau ʻikunaʻi,
ʻIkai ha tokaʻi.
ʻEiki ngaahi ʻEiki,
Tau nofo he ʻEikí.
[Chorus]
Tau nofo he ʻEiki
Hono tafaʻaki
Tau kole mo tangi
Tau nofo he ʻEikí.
3. Ko e maka naʻe tā,
Taʻe kau ha nimá.
Teka he fonua,
Tau nofo he ʻEikí.
Tau ō ʻo malanga,
ʻI he loto toʻa.
ʻOua te tau foʻi,
Tau nofo he ʻEikí.
[Chorus]
Tau nofo he ʻEiki
Hono tafaʻaki
Tau kole mo tangi
Tau nofo he ʻEikí.
4. Mālohi ʻo heli,
ʻEne ʻahiʻahí.
Heʻetau faʻahi,
Tau nofo he ʻEikí.
Ko e tauʻatāina,
Kau tau ʻa e ʻOtua.
Kau tau e ko e mafi,
Tau nofo he ʻEikí.
[Chorus]
Tau nofo he ʻEiki
Hono tafaʻaki
Tau kole mo tangi
Tau nofo he ʻEikí.
Fakaleá: Hannah Last Cornaby, 1822–1905
Fakatuʻungafasí: Henry H. Russell, 1818–1900, alt.