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Pehē kiʻi Vaitafé “Foaki”
Pehē kiʻi Vaitafé “Foaki”
1. Pehē kiʻi vaitafé,
“Foaki! Foaki!”
Pehē vaitafé, “Foaki!”
Tafe ʻi he moʻungá
“Kuó u siʻi ka ko e fē pē te u tō aí.
Maʻuiʻui ʻa e mohukú”.
Hiva he ʻaho kotoá
Foaki pea toe foaki.
Hiva he ʻaho kotoá
Foaki atu.
2. Pehē ʻe he ʻuhá,
“Foaki! Foaki!”
Pehē ʻuhá, “Foaki!”
Mo ne tō he matalaʻiʻakaú,
“Te u toe hiki lau ʻoku maé,
ʻI heʻene tō aí.”
Hiva he ʻaho kotoá
Foaki pea toe foaki.
Hiva he ʻaho kotoá
Foaki atu.
3. Hangē ko Sīsū ʻo
“Foaki! Foaki!”
Foaki hangē ko Sīsū
ʻO foaki kotoa.
Hangē ko e motó mo e vaitafé
ʻOku moʻui e ʻOtuá.
Hiva he ʻaho kotoá
Foaki pea toe foaki.
Hiva he ʻaho kotoá
Foaki atu.
Fakaleá: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820–1915
Fakatuʻungafasí: William B. Bradbury, 1816–1868 Arr. © 1989 IRI