Lilo ka i’a, lilo ka i’a
I ka welelau o ku’u lima,
A lilo, e-e!
TRANSLATION
My fish are adance on the waves:
My hand just danced from the basket:
The skilled[6] one dances at noontide
And deafens the roar of ocean.
Gone are my fish, lost out of hand,
Snatched clean away from my hand-stumps;