The Tongan Creatives - Taulanga Nuku'alofa
Lyrics below
Taulanga Nuku'alofa
Fakapō 'oka malu 'efiafi
Peau ongo'i loto vaivai
Puna hoku loto peau vale
'O kauka manatua ma'u pē.
Tau:
He 'oiaue te ke ngalo nai 'afē?
Si'i lupe ko si'eku pele
He 'ikai te ke ngalo
He po'uli mo e 'aho.
Si'i taulanga 'o Nuku'alofa
Ūafu ko Vuna mo e 'otu Sītoa
Fale kasa pea mo e maamaloa
Ko au ni he 'ikai teu si'i nonga.
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Translation:
The Harbor of Nuku'alofa
Oh when the evening calms
And I feel my soul so frail
My soul leaps into the long waves
And bathes in eternal memory.
Chorus:
Woe to me, if you should sink, my dear
Sweet precious dove of mine
You shall not sink
Neither by night or by day.
O Harbor of Nuku'alofa
The Wharf of Vuna and the Isles of Sītoa
The lighthouse lighting the sky as if day
Here I am, I shall not be at peace.