1 ‌ʻE ʻofefine ʻoe tuʻi! Hono ʻikai fakaʻofoʻofa ho vaʻe mo ho topuvaʻe:

ʻoku teuʻi lahi ho kofu vaʻe,

ko e ngāue ʻae nima ʻoe tufunga poto.

2 Ko e fakamaʻu ʻo ho noʻotanga kofu ʻoku hangē ha ipu,

ʻoku ʻikai masiva uaine:

pea ʻoku tatau ho sino mo e u uite,

kuo nonoʻo ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lile.

3 ‌ʻOku tatau ho ongo huhu mo e ongo kāseli,

mui ʻoku na tatau.

4 ‌ʻOku tatau ho kia mo ha fale lei ʻoku māʻolunga:

pea tatau ho mata mo e anovai ika ʻi Hesiponi, ʻi he veʻe matapā ʻo Patalapini:

ʻoku tatau ho ihu mo e fale leʻo ʻi Lepanoni ʻoku hanga ki Tamasikusi.

5 ‌ʻOku tatau ho ʻulu mo Kameli,

mo e louʻulu ʻo ho ʻulu ʻoku hangē ko e kulokula;

kuo moʻua ʻae tuʻi ʻi he ngaahi potu ʻi fale.

6 Oiau, hono ʻikai hoihoifua mo fakaʻofoʻofa koe,

ʻa koe ko hoku ʻofaʻanga koeʻuhi ke u fiemālie ai! 7 ‌ʻOku tatau ho māʻolunga mo e ʻakau ko e paame,

pea hangē ho ongo huhu ko e ngaahi fuhi vaine.

8 Naʻaku pehē, "Te u kaka ʻi he ʻakau ko e paame,

pea u puke ki hono ngaahi vaʻa:"

pea ko eni foki, ʻoku tatau ho huhu mo e ngaahi fuhi vaine,

mo e ngangatu ʻo ho mānava ʻo hangē ko e moli;

9 ‌ʻOku tatau ʻae ngaahi lea mei ho ngutu mo e uaine lelei ʻoku huʻamelie:

he naʻa mo kinautolu ʻoku mohe ʻoku fakalea ai.

10 ‌ʻOku ʻo hoku ʻofaʻanga au, pea ʻoku ne holi pe kiate au.

11 Haʻu, ʻā hoku ʻofaʻanga, ke ta ō atu ki he ngoue;

ke ta nofo ʻi he ngaahi potu kakai.

12 Ke ta ō hengihengi ki he ngaahi ngoue vaine;

ke ta mamata ki he vaine ʻi heʻene tupu lelei,

mo e tupu ʻo hono fua mui,

pea mo e fatakau ʻoe pomikanite:

pea te u foaki ʻi ai ʻa ʻeku ʻofa kiate koe.

13 ‌ʻOku nanamu ʻae tutai,

pea ʻoku ai ʻae ngaahi fua lelei ʻi hota veʻe matapā,

kuo u tānaki koeʻuhi ko koe, ʻE hoku ʻofaʻanga.