1. Naʻe tala pē ʻe Sīsū,
ʻE hoko ʻa e kuonga,
ʻO Ne tala ki he kau ako,
ʻE ai ha mamahi,
Te nau haha kimoutolu,
Pea fakamāuʻi.
Ka mou kātaki pe ke aʻu,
Ki he ʻaho ʻo e mate.
Naʻa nau tuʻu maʻu he tui.
Kātaki.
Kātaki ʻa e tolo maka,
Pea mo e mata ʻo e heleta,
ʻIkai tuka he ulo ʻo e afi,
Pe tali ha fakahaofia,
He naʻa nau siofia pē,
ʻA honau kalauni,
Kuo ʻosi hono teuiʻi,
ʻI he langi.
2. Neongo ʻa e pilisone,
Neonga ʻa e heletā,
Naʻe ʻikai te nau toe foki,
Ka naʻa nau ikuna.
Naʻa nau loto toʻa ʻi
he tau mo māmani.
Ko ia ne nau ikuna ai,
Ikuna ʻi he tui.
Naʻa nau tuʻu maʻu he tui.
Kātaki.
Kātaki ʻa e tolo maka,
Pea mo e mata ʻo e heleta,
ʻIkai tuka he ulo ʻo e afi,
Pe tali ha fakahaofia,
He naʻa nau siofia pē,
ʻA honau kalauni,
Kuo ʻosi hono teuiʻi,
ʻI he langi.
3. Neongo ʻa e fakatanga,
Kilisi fahi ua.
Naʻe ʻikai te nau toe tali,
Ha fakahaofia.
Ko ia naʻa nau liʻaki,
ʻA ʻenau moʻui.
Koeʻuhi ke nau toe tuʻu,
Ke tuʻu lelei hake.
Naʻa nau tuʻu maʻu he tui.
Kātaki.
Kātaki ʻa e tolo maka,
Pea mo e mata ʻo e heleta,
ʻIkai tuka he ulo ʻo e afi,
Pe tali ha fakahaofia,
He naʻa nau siofia pē,
ʻA honau kalauni,
Kuo ʻosi hono teuiʻi,
ʻI he langi.
Fakaleá: Mary Ann Baker, ca. 1874
Fakatuʻungafasí: H.R. Palmer, 1834–1907
