Kaumaha ka aï o Hilo i ka lehua
Mai ka Nuku-o-ka-manu[4] a Puna-hoa, e.
Hoa ia iho la kau kanáka,
I pa’a, o pahe’e auane’i;
Hina i ka Lua-kanáka.
He kanáka! He mau akua, e!
TRANSLATION
The neck of Hilo is heavy,
Weighted with wreaths of lehua
From Bird-beak clean down to the feet.