O ke au i kahuli wela ka O ke au i lole ka lani O ke au i ka la. E ho'omalamalama i ka O ke au o ka po O ka walewale honua ia O ke o ka lipo, i lipo ai O ke o ka Po, i po ai O ka lipolipo, o ka O ka o ka la, o ka lipo o ka po Po wale ka po Hanau Kumulipo i ka po, he Hanau i ka po, he wahine E pua ana ka makani, la'ea, E na o Malelewa'a. Kui 'ia e lupua, la'ea, Halua i ka poli. ka pua hinano, la'ea, Na pua i Waialoha. a'e ana ka mana'o, la'ea, E ia Halali'i. He na'u ke aloha, la'ea, A he lei no lani. mai ku puana, la'ea, No he inoa. At the time when the became hot, At the when the Heavens turned about, At the when the sun was darkened, To cause the to shine, The of the rise of the Pleiades, The slime, was the source of the Earth, The source of the darkness made Darkness, The source of the night that night, The darkness, the deep darkness, of the sun, darkness of the night, Nothing but night, the gave birth, was Kumulipo in the night, a male, Born was in the night, as female. The rises, tra-la, In the pandanus of Malelewa'a. and scattered, tra-la, Piled upon the bosom (heart). How good is this (male) blossom, tra-la, These at Waialoha. Thinking and for, tra-la, To see (know) Halali'i. A for me to love, tra-la, And a wreath of adornment for my One. to me the refrain, tra-la, For is your name.