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 ho'okumu ia O ke o ka lipo, i lipo ai O ke o ka Po, i po ai O ka lipolipo, o ka O ka lipo o ka la, o ka o ka po Po ho--'i ka po Hanau i ka po, he kane 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 ali'i ke aloha, la'ea, A he lei no lani. mai ku puana, la'ea, No he inoa. At the when the Earth became hot, At the time the Heavens turned about, At the when the sun was darkened, To cause the to shine, The time of the of the Pleiades, The slime, was the source of the Earth, The source of the that made Darkness, The source of the that made night, The intense darkness, the darkness, of the sun, darkness of the night, Nothing but night, the gave birth, Born was 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 (male) hala blossom, tra-la, blossom at Waialoha. Thinking and for, tra-la, To see (know) Halali'i. A for me to love, tra-la, And a of adornment for my majestic One. to me the refrain, tra-la, For Ka'ahumanu is name.