E iho i kai o Kawaihae, la.
Hea a’e la ka mo’o liilii:
E hakaká kaua; paio olua auane’i.
He ’kau Mo’o-lau, o Mo’o-lau akua, e!
TRANSLATION
In the wilds of Mo’o-lau,
The uhiuhi’s time for bloom—
The petals fall of Koolau’s flower:
The little dragons have found the way
By which they can crawl to the plain,