Commentary: Rev Siupeli Taliai
Himi 447
(Ko e taha ‘eni ‘i he ng himi ‘a e
mu’aki Siasi: pea ‘oku fai’aki ‘i
māmani kotoa ’i he ‘Aho ‘o e
Laumālie.)
8 laui 6
1.
‘E Laumālie Māfimafi,
Ha’u ‘o a’ahi ho kakai.
Ko Koe pē naʻe tupu ai
‘A homau ngaahi ‘atamai;
Haʻu mo ha ivi mei he Langi,
‘O tufa ke mau fonu ai.
2.
Ko Koe ‘a e Taukapo ia,
Taupotu ‘i he mahu’inga;
Ko e foaki ‘a e Tamai,
Me’a ‘ofa ia ne fungani;
Si’i Fauniteni he mo’ui,
He Maama ta’emafu’ifu’i.
3.
Si’ipani fakalangi ē,
He lolo fakalaumālie,
Lōfitu pē ho’ fu’u mafai,
He nima tonu he Tamai;
‘A ia pē ne tala’ofa
Ke haʻu ‘o fakalea ‘a e noa.
4.
Hā’ele mai ‘o fakamaama
‘A homau ngaahi ongo’anga;
Ha’u ‘o lilingi pe ho’ ‘ofa
‘I homau ‘atamai kotoa;
‘O ngaohi ke mālohi pē
‘A e vaivai homau laumālie.
5.
Teke’i ‘a e fili ke mama’o,
‘O tuku pe ke tau fe’ao.
Ka takimu’a ‘a e ‘Afiona,
‘E ‘ikai hē homau fononga;
Ka te mau hao mei he kovi,
‘O tō ai ha lelei moʻoni.
6.
ʻĒ, faka’ilo kia au
‘A e Toko Tolu Toputapu;
Kae ‘atu pe ‘a e fakamālō
He Tamai pea mo e ‘Alo;
Mo Koe foki, Laumālie,
‘I he kuonga fulipē.*
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