1. ʻOku ʻa e ʻOtua kitauá,
    Te tau ʻi ai ʻafē?
    ʻI Hono ʻafioʻanga,
    ʻO e ʻEiki ko e ʻOtua.
  
  
    Te tau toe faka-
    taha mo e ʻOtua,
    Pea te tau nofo,
    Ai mo ʻetau Tamai.
  
 
  
    2. ʻOku ʻa e ʻOtua kitauá,
    ʻE ʻafe te u mamata.
    Ki Hono fofonga ʻofa,
    ʻO e ʻEiki ko e ʻOtua.
  
  
    Te tau toe faka-
    taha mo e ʻOtua,
    Pea te tau nofo,
    Ai mo ʻetau Tamai.
  
 
  
    3. ʻOku ʻa e ʻOtua kitauá.
    Te Ne fakapale ʻaki,
    Maʻu ʻa e kalauni,
    ʻO e ʻEiki ko e ʻOtua.
  
  
    Te tau toe faka-
    taha mo e ʻOtua,
    Pea te tau nofo,
    Ai mo ʻetau Tamai.
  
 
  
    4. ʻOku ʻa e ʻOtua kitauá.
    Pea te tau nonofo,
    Maʻu ʻa e nāunau,
    ʻO e ʻEiki ko e ʻOtua.
    
  
  
    Te tau toe faka-
    taha mo e ʻOtua,
    Pea te tau nofo,
    Ai mo ʻetau Tamai.
  
 
                   
                  
                  
                
                
                
                  Fakaleá: Jeremiah E. Rankin, 1828–1904
Fakatuʻungafasí: William G. Tomer, 1833–1896