1. Lea ʻita ʻoua naʻa
    tuku ke puna noa pē,
    Mei ha fofonga ha taha
    Naʻa ʻuli ai ha loto.
  
  
    Tau feʻofoʻofani pehē ʻe Sīsū
    talangofua ʻa e fānau ki he tamai
    Tau feʻofoʻofani pehē ʻe Sīsū
    Fai ki Heʻene fekau.
  
 
  
    2. Lea ʻita fakakaukau
    kovi ko e fua ʻo e loto,
    Ka kuo lahi fau ʻa e kāinga
    Kuo motu he lea ʻita.
  
  
    Tau feʻofoʻofani pehē ʻe Sīsū
    talangofua ʻa e fānau ki he tamai
    Tau feʻofoʻofani pehē ʻe Sīsū
    Fai ki Heʻene fekau.
  
 
  
    3. Fakalelei mo ho fili
    hoʻomo kei he hala,
    ʻOua ʻe tuku ke tō ʻa e
    laʻā ʻi hoʻo ʻita.
    
  
  
    Tau feʻofoʻofani pehē ʻe Sīsū
    talangofua ʻa e fānau ki he tamai
    Tau feʻofoʻofani pehē ʻe Sīsū
    Fai ki Heʻene fekau.
  
 
                   
                  
                  
                
                
                
                  Fakaleá: Samuela V. Fakatou 1900–1992
Fakatuʻungafasí: H. R. Palmer, 1834–1907