O ke au i wela ka honua O ke au i lole ka lani O ke au i ka la. E i ka malama O ke au o ka po O ka walewale ho'okumu ia O ke kumu o ka lipo, i 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 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 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 when the Heavens about, At the when the sun was darkened, To the moon to shine, The time of the of the Pleiades, The slime, was the source of the Earth, The source of the darkness made Darkness, The source of the night made night, The darkness, the deep darkness, of the sun, darkness of the night, Nothing but night, the gave birth, Born was in the night, a male, was P'ele in the night, as female. The rises, tra-la, In the groves of Malelewa'a. and scattered, tra-la, Piled thickly the bosom (heart). How is this (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 wreath of adornment for my One. to me the refrain, tra-la, For Ka'ahumanu is name.