NATIONAL ANTHEM OF TONGA

By: Kiara and Lauryn

Anthem of TongaTongan lyrics (modern spelling)ʻE ʻotua māfimafi ko homau ʻeiki koe ko koe ko e falalaʻangamo e ʻofa ki Tonga.ʻAfio hifo ʻemau lotu ʻaia ʻoku mau faí ni mo ke tali homau loto ʻo maluʻi ʻa Tupou.

English lyrics (literal translation)Oh, almighty God! You are our Lord, It is You, the pillar And the love of Tonga. Look down on our prayer That is what we do now And may You answer our wish To protect Tupou.

English LyricsOh 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 And save our king Tupou

Country/Anthem

We were researching about the national anthem of Tonga

The national anthem of Tonga is called “Ko e fasi ‘o e tu’i ‘o e ‘Otu Tonga”.

Author/Music/Date The author of the national anthem of

Tonga is Prince Wellington/Uelingatoni Ngu Tupoumalohi.

The music was composed by Karl Gustavus Schmitt.

The anthem of Tonga was thought to have been first performed in 1874.

Events of that Time

Times were very uneventful at the time when the national anthem of Tonga was written. On the Internet, there is no evidence of any major events happening around the time.

Theme/Evidence

The anthem was, most likely, an army parade song.

It is about asking God to defend the people of Tonga and to guard and save their king.

The text in the anthem that evidently suggests that the theme is about defending the people of Tonga and their King, is “Thou art our Lord and sure defence” and “Guard and save Tupou our King”.

Vocabulary Choices/ Language Features

In this anthem, the author has used a variety of language choices, such as ‘almighty’, ‘goodness’ and ‘earnest supplication’.

In this anthem, there is use of language from times long ago, like ‘thou’, ‘art’, ‘thee’, ‘dost’ and ‘hast’.

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By: Lauryn and Kiara