Ko e fasi ʻo e tuʻi ʻo e ʻOtu Tonga

"Ko e fasi ʻo e Tuʻi ʻo e ʻOtu Tonga" (Tongan pronunciation: [ [ko e fasi ʔo e tuʔi ʔo e ʔotu toŋa]; "Song of the King of the Tongan Islands"), commonly called "Fasi Fakafonua" ("National Anthem"), is the national anthem of Tonga.

Lyrics

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Tongan lyrics (modern spelling)^[1]	IPA transcription	Literal English translation	English lyrics
ʻE ʻotua māfimafi Ko homau ʻeiki koe Ko koe ko e falalaʻanga Mo e ʻofa ki Tonga; ʻAfio hifo ʻemau lotu ʻAia ʻoku mau faí ni Mo ke tali homau loto ʻO maluʻi ʻa Tupou.	[ʔe ʔo.tu.a maː.fi.ma.fi] [ko ho.mau̯ ʔei̯.ki ko.e] [ko koe̯ ko‿e fa.la.la.ʔa.ŋa] [mo e ʔo.fa ki to.ŋa] [ʔa.fio̯ hi.fo ʔe.mau̯ lo.tu] [ʔai̯.a ʔo.ku mau̯ fai̯ ni] [mo ke ta.li ho.mau̯ lo.to] [ʔo ma.lu.ʔi ʔa tu.pou̯]	Oh, almighty God! You are our Lord, It is You, the pillar And the love to Tonga. Look down on our prayer That is what we do now And may You answer our wish To protect Tupou.	Oh almighty God above Thou art our lord and sure defence As your people, we trust thee And our Tonga thou dost love Hear our prayer for thou unseen We know that thou hath blessed our land Grant our earnest supplication Guard and save Tupou, our king.

The music in Western music notation and the tuʻungafasi, or Tongan music notation:

↑ "National Anthem of Tonga Act" (PDF). Legislation of Tonga. 1988. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2022-03-25.