1. ʻE vakai naʻe pekiá.
    ʻA Sīsū ko e fuʻu Hau.
    Ko e feilaulau ʻo e hia.
    ʻI he mamahi hulu fau.
    ʻO Ne huhuʻi kitautolu.
  
 
  
    2. Hono nifi ʻa e manuki,
    Ne fai ʻe he kau fietoʻa.
    Kae feʻunga ʻa e kātaki.
    Siʻono fofonga ʻofa,
    He hulu fau ʻetau hia.
  
 
  
    3. ʻA e tatā talatala,
    Faʻu ʻaki Hono ʻulu.
    Fakakofu kulokula.
    Oma ne unuʻi ʻahu,
    Ne ʻo hake ke Ne inu.
  
 
  
    4. Ke tau fakatātā ʻaki,
    ʻA e mā pea mo e ipu vai.
    Hono sino ne tutuki.
    Pea mo e taʻataʻa tapu.
    Ne lingi maʻatautolu.
  
 
  
    5. ʻOku hā he folofola
    Ke tau fakamanatua
    Pea mo fai ha ʻapasia
    Fakamaʻa hoto nima
    Ke u hao mei he malaʻia.
  
 
  
    6. ʻOku ʻilo Ne moʻuí
    Pea tau fakafetaʻí
    Pea feinga he ʻaho ní
    Fai hono finangaló
    Maʻu ai ʻEne tāpuakí
    
  
 
                   
                  
                  
                
                
                
                  Fakaleá: ʻĪlisa R. Sinou, 1804–1887
Fakatuʻungafasí: George Careless, 1839–1932