1. ʻA e kau tau ʻa e ʻOtua,
    Fuka hele mo e pā,
    Laka mo ikuna tau
    pē mo loto-toʻá,
    ʻO fakatē ʻa e kau sō-
    tia loto tahá,
    muimui he takimuʻa
    Pea hiva fiefiá.
  
  
    Kuo lava kuo ʻosi
    ʻEne fai e huhuʻí,
    Kuo lava kuo ʻosí
    fai ʻe Kalaisí;
    Kuo lava, kuo ʻosi, Fai ʻe Sī-
    sū ko hotau ʻEikí.
  
 
  
    2. Kuo laka mai ʻa e fili,
    Pea tau ʻa e ʻEikí,
    ʻIkai ha holomui
    tau ke ʻikunaíi,
    Ui e taki Mou tui
    pea nau fefanahí,
    pea fakaʻilongaʻi
    ʻO mavava aí.
  
  
    Kuo lava kuo ʻosi
    ʻEne fai e huhuʻí,
    Kuo lava kuo ʻosí
    fai ʻe Kalaisí;
    Kuo lava, kuo ʻosi, Fai ʻe Sī-
    sū ko hotau ʻEikí.
  
 
  
    3. Ka ʻosi ʻa e fepakí,
    Tau kuo ikunaʻí,
    Hau mo fakatahaʻi
    pea melino aí,
    ʻAfio ai e Tuʻi
    ʻo e Māfimafí,
    Fakalāngilangiʻi
    Pea fiefia aí.
    
  
  
    Kuo lava kuo ʻosi
    ʻEne fai e huhuʻí,
    Kuo lava kuo ʻosí
    fai ʻe Kalaisí;
    Kuo lava, kuo ʻosi, Fai ʻe Sī-
    sū ko hotau ʻEikí.
  
 
                   
                  
                  
                
                
                
                  Fakaleá: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820–1915
Fakatuʻungafasí: Adam Geibel, 1855–1933