Foreword / HRH Crown Prince Tupouto'a -- preface / Elizabeth Wood-Ellem -- acknowledgments -- list of songs and poems -- list of notations -- list of genealogies -- list of illustrations

Essays -- ko e tukutukulaumea fungani 'a Kuini Salote ma'a Tonga = Queen Salote's enduring gift to Tonga / HRH Princess Nanasipau'u Tuku'aho -- Queen Salote's poetry as works of art, history, politics, and culture = ko e 'u ta'anga 'a Kuini Salote Fekau'aki mo e hisitolia tukufakaholo, tukunga 'o e nofo mo e ngaahi faiva faka-Tonga / Adrienne L. Kaeppler -- ko e hisitolia 'I he ma'imoa 'a Kuini Salote = living in history through Queen Salote's poetry / Elizabeth Wood-Ellem -- ko e Heliaki 'I he ngaahi ma'imoa 'a Kuini Salote = Queen Salote's use of Heliaki / Melenaite Taumoefolau

Songs & poems -- ngaahi hiva = songs -- ngaahi 'upe = lullabies -- ngaahi laulau = recitals -- ngaahi tutulu = laments -- ma'ulu'ulu -- lakalaka -- faiva fakatata = drama

Notation -- notations, texts, translation and interpretation / Adrienne L. Kaeppler -- music notation, Tongan and Western.