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ʻOku Tau Tō ʻa e Tenga
Māmālie
1. ʻOku tau tō ʻa e tenga
ʻa ia ʻoku ʻaongá.
Naʻe tō ʻa e niʻihi,
Tō ʻi he veʻehalá.
Pea haʻu ʻa e fanga manu,
ʻO nau kai ʻo ʻosi,
Pea ngata hono ʻaonga
ʻi he potu mamahi.
2. Mokulu ʻa e niʻihi
ʻi he potu fefeká.
Naʻe siʻi ʻa e kelekele,
Pea tupu leva ia.
Naʻe ulo mai e laʻaá,
Peá ne vela aí.
Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻikai
ʻilo ai hano aka.
3. Mokulu ʻa e niʻihi
tō ʻi he talatalá.
Pea tupu leva ia ʻo
Fakakāsia ia.
ʻE ʻikai ʻaupito ʻaonga
Kiate kitautolu.
ʻA e ngāue ʻa e ʻOtua
pe ko e Siasi tapu.
4. Ka naʻe tō ha niʻihi
ki he feituʻu leleí.
Pea tupu ai ʻa e fua,
Pea tuʻu maʻu pē ia.
ʻO ʻikai ʻi māmani
Ha meʻa ke ne taʻofi.
ʻA kitautolu mei he
Puleʻanga hēvaní.
Fakaleá: ʻOku ʻikai ʻilo pe ko e faʻu ʻa hai., Pure Diamonds, Cleveland, 1872
Fakatuʻungafasí: Henry A. Tuckett, 1852–1918