1. Laka atu ʻe kā-
    inga ki he tau,
    ʻA hotau ʻOtua
    Mo hono ʻAlo.
    Ke fakamoʻui
    ʻA kitautolu.
    Mei he ngaahi
    hia ʻo māmani,
  
  
    Laka atu ʻe kā-
    inga ki he tau
    ʻA hotau ʻOtua
    mo hono ʻAlo.
  
 
  
    2. Lotu ki he ʻOtua
    ko e Tamai,
    Ke poupou mai ai
    Kia kitautolu.
    ʻI he faingataʻa
    ʻO e moʻuí ni
    Tau tuʻu maʻu he
    hala totonu,
  
  
    Laka atu ʻe kā-
    inga ki he tau
    ʻA hotau ʻOtua
    mo hono ʻAlo.
  
 
  
    3. Hanga pē ki muʻa
    ki hotau ʻEiki,
    ʻA ia naʻe hala
    ʻI Kālevale.
    Koeʻuhi pē ko
    Kitautolu.
    Ko e kau angahala
    pē ʻi mamani,
  
  
    Laka atu ʻe kā-
    inga ki he tau
    ʻA hotau ʻOtua
    mo hono ʻAlo.
  
 
  
    4. Laka hoku kāinga
    ʻo hiva fiefia
    Pea tau leʻo taha
    ʻI he ʻikuna.
    Tau fakafetaʻi kia
    Sīsū hotau Haú.
    Ke fai ʻo laui taʻu
    ʻa e kakai kotoa
    
  
  
    Laka atu ʻe kā-
    inga ki he tau
    ʻA hotau ʻOtua
    mo hono ʻAlo.
  
 
                   
                  
                  
                
                
                
                  Fakaleá: Sabine Baring-Gould, 1834–1924
Fakatuʻungafasí: Arthur S. Sullivan, 1842–1900