Ha'u mu'a ke ta o

'O mata mahina hopo

Ke ta 'uta mo fanongo

Si'i le'o 'o e teiko

'A si'ene siu he lilifa

He moana loloto

Ko si'ene fakalavetala

Ki he hingano

Hake atu ki toafa

Tu'u ai 'o mamata

Ne hange ha sio'ata

Si'ene tapa mei he vaha!

Kuo 'ikai teu lava

Ke fa'a fakamatala

To'onga fakalata

'A e sialetafa

Come let's go together

And view the wondrous moonrise

And let's tarry and hear

The cry of the teiko

Flying around the sheer cliffs

Over the eerie deep

It's his love serenade

To the hingano

Turn up to the treeless plain

Stand now and look

How like a great mirror

Shining from the ocean!

Ah, but I simply cannot

Describe to you in full

Lovely, winning ways

Of the sialetafa