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Ko ha Tangata Fononga Fonu he Loto-mamahi
Loto-fiemālie
1. Ko ha tangata fononga
Fonu he loto mamahi,
Naʻá ma faʻa fetaulaki
Peá ne kole ha tokoni
Ne ʻikai te u malava
ʻO ʻekea siʻono hingoa
Naʻe hā mei hono fofongá
ʻA e ʻulungāanga ʻofa.
2. Naʻá ne hūfia hoku falé,
He teuteu ʻeku tēpilé,
Ne u ʻave kotoa ki ai
Neongo ʻene toe siʻí,
Naʻá ne tāpuakiʻi
Pea ʻomi hoku ʻinasí
Naʻe hangē ha mana ʻeni
Tatau mo haʻa ʻIsilelí.
3. Ne u sio atu ki ai,
Veʻe fauniteni masaní,
Kuo tafe atu he maká
ʻA e vai mapunopuná,
Peá ne ʻalu ai ke inu
Mole ʻa e ivi ne maʻu
Peá ne ʻutu tuʻo tolu
Inu ʻa e ʻū ipu fonu.
4. Kuo ʻosi atu ʻa e vaí
Manavahē mo e matangí
Ne u ongona hono leʻó
ʻO u feinga fakatoʻotoʻó
Pea ʻave ki hoku falé
ʻA e paionia malōlō hē
ʻOiau ʻa e ngoue ʻĪtení
Lolotonga ʻeku misí
5. Ne u mamata ai he halá
Kuó ne faingataʻaʻia
Lahi ʻa e kafo hono tā
Peá u tokoniʻi iá
ʻOatu ʻene meʻakaí
Maʻu peá ne mālohí
Ne ngalo ʻene mamahí
Melino ne na feohí
6. Ne u toe mamata kiate ia
He fale fakapōpulá
Kuo nau tala ʻo fakahā
Ko e lavaki ʻo e fonuá
Ne u tuʻu hono tafaʻakí
Mate ko e fakamoʻoní
Mamata tonu he filí
He fakatanga mālohí
7. Pea fakafokifā kuo hā
Ha tangata kuo monuka
Tā ko e Fakamoʻui Iá
ʻOiau ʻEne folofolá
Ne ʻikai ai pē te ke mā
ʻOiau e loto-veiuá
Haʻu ki ho mālōlōʻangá
Nonga pea mo e fiefiá.
Fakaleá: James Montgomery, 1771–1854
Fakatuʻungafasí: George Coles, 1792–1858, alt.
Koe himi ia naʻe manako taha ai ʻa e Palōfita ko Siosefa Sāmitá. Vakai, History of the Church, 6:614–15