1. Tokanga ki he taimi,
    Fakaʻaonga maʻu pē,
    Lotu he mōmeniti,
    He houa fulipē,
    Ngāue pē he ngoue,
    Fai ʻaho mo e pō.
    ʻOku vave ʻa e mate,
    ʻOua ʻe mālōlō.
  
 
  
    2. ʻOua maumau taimi,
    ʻOua ʻe nofo noa,
    Ngāue pē he ʻEiki,
    ʻE ʻikai taʻeaonga,
    Ka hoko pē ʻa e taimi,
    ʻE maʻu pē ʻa e fua,
    Ka haʻu pē ʻa e ʻEiki,
    Toe tuʻu fiefia.
  
 
  
    3. ʻE ʻikai tuʻutāmaki,
    ʻE he faʻa ngāué,
    Ka hoko hā mamahi,
    ʻE fiefia pē.
    Ko e fungani ʻeni,
    ʻI he kosipeli,
    ʻE ʻikai ha ngāue,
    Taʻe hā palōmesi.
  
 
  
    4. Ko e fē nai ha poto,
    Talu pē ʻa e taimi,
    Ke puke pē moʻuí ni,
    Ke lau ʻitāniti.
    Ka tā pē ʻa e houa,
    Kuo pau mei he ʻEiki,
    ʻE ʻikai toe toloi,
    Ha kiʻi mōmēniti.
  
 
  
    5. He nofo muli ʻeni,
    ʻIkai ko e ʻapi ē,
    ʻOku pau ke veteki,
    He ko e ngeʻesi pē.
    Ko e tokangaʻi maʻu,
    ʻA e monūʻiá,
    ʻA e nofo taʻengata,
    He kolo ʻo e ʻOtua.