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Naʻe ʻAloʻi Mai ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi
ʻI he Loto-ʻapasia
1. Naʻe ʻaloʻi mai ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi.
He ʻai ʻanga kai ʻo e manú.
Mo e fetuʻu ʻo e langí ne haá.
ʻAloʻi e ʻEikí he māʻulaló.
[Chorus]
Mohe ā, (Mohe ā,) mohe ā (mohe ā,)
mohe ā, hotau Fakamoʻui!
Mohe ā, (Mohe ā,) mohe ā, (mohe ā,)
mohe ā hotau ʻEikí.
2. Naʻe toka he faingataʻaʻiá.
Ka ko siʻi Sīsū naʻá Ne naʻa pē.
ʻOfa atu ʻe Sīsū hā mei langí.
Nofo mo au he kuo ofi ʻaho.
[Chorus]
Mohe ā, (Mohe ā,) mohe ā (mohe ā,)
mohe ā, hotau Fakamoʻui!
Mohe ā, (Mohe ā,) mohe ā, (mohe ā,)
mohe ā hotau ʻEikí.
3. Ofi ʻEiki Sīsū nofo mo au.
Ke u ʻiate Koe peá Ke ʻofa ʻiate au.
Tāpuaki maluʻi e fānaú.
Pea ʻatu ki ho ʻafioʻanga tapú.
[Chorus]
Mohe ā, (Mohe ā,) mohe ā (mohe ā,)
mohe ā, hotau Fakamoʻui!
Mohe ā, (Mohe ā,) mohe ā, (mohe ā,)
mohe ā hotau ʻEikí.
*ʻE lava ke hivaʻi faʻahi taha pe faʻahi ua ʻa e taú.
Fakaleá: Anon., ca 1883, Philadelphia
Fakatuʻungafasí: James R. Murray, 1841–1905