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The "Tongan Islands King Song", more commonly referred to as just the "National Song", is the national anthem of the Polynesian island of Tonga. Second Crown Prince Uelingatoni Ngū Tupoumalohi wrote the lyrics of this song and it was set to music by Karl Gustavus Schmitt, a musician from New Zealand. It was first adopted in 1874.[1][2][3]

Lyrics[]

Tongan_National_Anthem_-_Ko_e_fasi_'o_e_tu'i_'o_e_'Otu_Tonga

Tongan National Anthem - Ko e fasi 'o e tu'i 'o e 'Otu Tonga

Tongan original[]

Latin script Kana Hangul IPA transcription

ʻE ʻotua māfimafi
Ko homau ʻeiki koe
Ko koe ko e falalaʻanga
Mo e ‘ofa ki Tonga;

ʻAfio hifo ʻemau lotu
ʻA ia ʻoku mau faí ni
Mo ke tali homau loto
ʻO maluʻi ʻa Tupou.[2]

ッエ ッオツア マーフィマフィ
コ ホマウ ッエイキ コエ
コ コエ コ エ ファララッアガ
モ エ ッオファ キ トガ;

ッアフィオ ヒフォ ッエマウ ロツ
ッア イア ッオク マウ ファイ ニ
モ ケ タリ ホマウ ロト
ッオ マルッイ ッア ツポウ.

에̍ 오̍두아 마̄피마피
코 호마우 에̍이키 코에
코 코에 코 에 파라라앙̍가
모 에 오̍파 키 동가;

아̍피오 히포 에̍마우 로두
아̍ 이아 오̍쿠 마우 파이 니
모 케 다리 호마우 로도
오̍ 마루이̍ 아̍ 두보우.

[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]
[ʔa‿i̯.a ʔo.ku mau̯ fai̯ ni]
[mo ke ta.li ho.mau̯ lo.to]
[ʔo ma.lu.ʔi ʔa tu.pou̯]

English version[]

Oh almighty God above
Thou art our lord and sure defense
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
God save Tupou, our king.[1]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 National Anthem. Royal Palace of Tonga.
  2. 2.0 2.1 National Anthem of Tonga Act. Law of Tonga.
  3. Noel Rutherford. Shirley Baker and the King of Tonga (72). University of Hawaiʻi Press (1996). ISBN 0-8248-1856-3.
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