Mapu-mei he-ngalu:

Fe’ofa’aki-he-Tuku Lelei

ma’a Fe’ofa’aki-’a-kakau Finau

Si’ete ‘Ofa´ kuo ongosia he kakau
Ki he ‘utu na mätu’u kae mauku
Ki he afo kuo puli kae kei ongo´
Ki he ongo kuo longo ‘i he loloto´
Ki he loto kuo lofia he fala tatoka´
Ki he toka’anga te’eki lava kalofia´

Si’ete ‘Ofa´ kuo tü’uta pea ongona
Heka he ma’ahi´ pea lafi he matua´
Mateaki hoto hala ni hopohopokia´
Kuo fotu mo’oni e fu’u maka toa’ia
Ke fakafe’ao ki he toa ne faka’amua
‘O e Lausi’i´, mo e Fatafata-mäfana´

Si’ete ‘Ofa´ kuo lave ongongofua´
He fu’u heilala e ‘api ko Maka´
Tähuli ke lau hano fakamanatua
‘O e fofonga ne fungani hono tala´
‘O e loto ne ma’ala’ala hono hala´
Mo e mo’ui ne malu hono ‘Ana´

Si’ete ‘Ofa´, ongongata’a he fepaki
Hala e vavä´ mo hono ngaahi ha’i
Fa’unga e loloto´, lilo ‘o e moana´
Fataki e fonua´, mo e ‘eseni e lala´
Sivi ‘o e ‘atamai´, kuo u lava’i
Kau he pue ‘a e kau mafi lalahi´

Tau: Si’ete ‘Ofa´, kuo ongoongo-lelei
Ko hoto manava´ kuo fua-lelei
Pea kamata ke u fusiaki tapuaki
‘O tu’amelie ke kau he Tuku lelei

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Jione Havea
Me 23, 1998

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