No luna ka hala, e;

Onini pua i’a i ke kai.

No Pana-ewa ka hala e;

No Puna ka wahine—

No ka Lua, e-e!

TRANSLATION

The hala, tossed down from the cliff,

Ruffs the sea like a school of sprats:

The hala’s from Pana-ewa,

The Woman’s homeland is Puna—