1 ‌ʻE hoku tuofefine mo hoku uaifi, kuo u haʻu ki heʻeku ngoue:

kuo u tānaki ʻa ʻeku mula, mo ʻeku kakala;

kuo u kai ʻa ʻeku hone pea mo hono ngeʻesi;

kuo u inu ʻi heʻeku uaine mo ʻeku huʻahuhu:

ʻE hoku kāinga,

ke tau kai,

pea inu, ʻio, ke inu lahi ʻakimoutolu ʻoku ou ʻofa ai.

2 ‌ʻOku ou mohe, ka ʻoku ʻā hoku loto:

ko e leʻo ia ʻo hoku ʻofaʻanga, ʻoku ne tukituki,

ʻo ne pehē, "ʻE hoku tuofefine, mo hoku ʻofaʻanga, ko ʻeku lupe,

ko ʻeku haohaoa, toʻo kiate au:

he kuo pito hoku ʻulu ʻi he hahau,

mo hoku louʻulu ʻi he viviku ʻoe poʻuli.

3 Kuo u toʻo hoku kofutuʻa; pea ʻe fēfē haʻaku toe ʻai ia?

Kuo u fufulu hoku vaʻe, pea ʻe fēfē haʻaku toe ʻuliʻi ia?

4 Naʻe ʻai mai ʻae nima ʻo hoku ʻofaʻanga ʻi he kātupa,

pea naʻe ngaue hoku loto kiate ia.

5 Ne u tuʻu hake ke toʻo ki hoku ʻofaʻanga;

pea naʻe toʻi mei hoku nima ʻae mula,

pea mei hoku louhiʻi nima ʻae mula namu lelei,

pea tafe hifo ia ki he toʻoʻanga matapā.

6 Naʻaku toʻo ki hoku ʻofaʻanga;

ka kuo tafoki atu ʻa hoku ʻofaʻanga, ʻo ne ʻalu:

naʻe vaivai ʻa hoku loto ʻi heʻene lea mai:

ne u kumi kiate ia, ka naʻe ʻikai te u maʻu ia;

ne u ui ki ai, ka naʻe ʻikai te ne tali au.

7 Pea naʻe ʻiloʻi au ʻe he kau leʻo naʻe feʻaluʻaki ʻi he kolo, ʻonau taaʻi au,

pea u lavea ai;

pea naʻe toʻo ʻa hoku pūlou ʻe he kau leʻohi ʻoe ʻā.

8 ‌ʻE ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Selūsalema, ʻoku ou fekau kiate kimoutolu,

ʻoka mou ka ʻilo ʻa hoku ʻofaʻanga,

ke mou tala ki ai ʻoku ou pongia ʻi he ʻofa.

9 Ko e hā hono lelei hake ʻo ho ʻofaʻanga ʻi he ʻofaʻanga ʻo ha taha kehe,

ʻa koe ʻoku fungani hoihoifua ʻi he kakai fefine?

ko e hā hono lelei hake ʻo ho ʻofaʻanga ʻi he ʻofaʻanga ʻo ha taha kehe,

koeʻuhi kuo ke fekau pehē ai kiate kimautolu.

10 ‌ʻOku hinehina mo nganongano ʻa hoku ʻofaʻanga,

ko e fungani toulekeleka ia ʻi ha toko mano.

11 ‌ʻOku tatau mo e fungani koula lelei ʻa hono ʻulu,

ʻoku fafatu hono louʻulu, pea ʻuliʻuli ʻo hangē ko e leveni.

12 ‌ʻOku lelei ʻae ʻaiʻanga ʻo hono kanoʻi mata,

pea ʻoku hangē ko e mata ʻoe lupe ʻi he veʻe vaitafe kuo fufulu ʻaki ʻae huʻahuhu.

13 ‌ʻOku tatau hono kouʻahe mo e tokanga ngoue ʻoe ngaahi kakala;

ʻo hangē ko e ngaahi matalaʻi kakala:

ʻoku hangē ko e lile ʻa hono loungutu,

ʻoku toʻi mei ai ʻae mula namu kakala.

14 ‌ʻOku tatau hono nima mo e ngaahi mama koula kuo ʻai ki ai ʻae pelili,

mo hono sino ʻoku hangē ko e lei ngingila kuo ʻaofi ʻaki ʻae safaia.

15 ‌ʻOku tatau hono vaʻe mo e pou maka lelei, kuo fokotuʻu ki he tuʻunga koula:

ʻoku hangē ko Lepanoni ʻa hono fofonga, ʻo tatau mo e ngaahi sita ʻa hono lelei.

16 ‌ʻOku melie lahi hono ngutu:

ʻio, ʻoku toulekeleka kotoa pē ia.

Ko hoku ʻofaʻanga eni,

pea ko hoku kāinga ia,

ʻE ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Selūsalema.