1. ʻEiki ke ke tali muʻa,
    ʻA siʻeku kole,
    Mo siʻeku tapafua
    Ho huafa tapu.
  
 
  
    2. ʻOfa pē ke hōifua,
    ʻA Ho finangalo,
    Mo ke fakangalomia
    ʻEku angakovi.
  
 
  
    3. Tuku mai Ho Laumālie,
    Ke nofo ʻiate au.
    Ke u fakaʻosi ʻaki
    ʻA e anga-taʻetaau.
  
 
  
    4. Ke ke ngaohi hoku loto,
    Ke u ʻapasia,
    Tauhi ki Ho finangalo
    Peá u monūʻia.
  
 
  
    5. Ke ke fokotuʻu maʻu
    ʻA siʻoku vaʻe
    ʻI he hala ʻo e lotu
    Ke ʻoua naʻá ku hē.
  
 
  
    6. Ko e lotu ʻa e kāingalotu
    Hā ko e fakakaukau
    He ko e ʻAlo mo e Tamai
    Te Na hōifua ai.
  
 
  
    7. ʻE ʻafioʻi ʻetau lotu
    Laumālie tali hū
    Sīsū taloni he Tamai
    Ke tali lotu mai.
  
 
  
    8. Ke tau haʻu ki he ʻOtuá
    He hala kuo tofa
    He kuo ʻatā pea kuo ngofua
    ʻEiki tau feʻao ā.
    
  
 
                   
                  
                  
                
                
                
                  Fakaleá: James Montgomery, 1771–1854
Fakatuʻungafasí: George Careless, 1839–1932