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1.    Katinia si’oto sei manakoa
‘Alaha Kapui ai ‘a si’ete ‘ofa
Haa sino mai ho’o to’onga
Kae vaifa ‘a lo’ifofonga

2.    Te u tukulolo, huni tangitangi
Kae ‘atu ‘eku ‘ofa mateaki
Tu’unga’aki hao fale fataki
Pea u lau kuo u koloa’aki

3.    ‘Amusia e peau ‘oku taka
Mei he ‘oseni ki he taulanga
Kolosi’anga e folau vaka
Kau nofo ‘o tautu’afanga
 
4.    ‘Ofa he palomesi kuo mole
Tonumia he sinou ‘o e pole
Tangi loto ki he fakamolemole
Lii noa ai ha manatu ‘oku toe

 Tau
‘Oiaue, ‘oiau, lau pea aa ‘e au
Lau tokua ‘e au ko ha ‘atungalau
Haa sino mai ho’o to’onga
Ka e vaifa ‘a lo’ifofonga

English Version

"Gardenia"

1.    Gardenia, my favoured sei  
Your fragrance engulfs this love of mine                
Your ways are impressed on my mind
And tears stream down.                                            

2.    I surrender fragrant huni                                    
I yield to you my loyal love                                         
As stepping stones to your fale fataki                        
They are precious stones to me                                

3.  Happy are the waves that wander                         
From the ocean to the harbour                               
Ships sail to and fro upon them                                 
While I live useless and rejected                               

4. Ah, promise gone astray                                        
Buried beneath the polar snow                                  
Heart crying for forgiveness                                  
Or some remaining recollection                             

Chorus                                                                       
Ah me, ah me little did I think                             
Little did I know it would come to this                                                
Your ways are impressed on my mind                                  
And tears stream down