Ia wai Maui?

TRANSLATION

O Waihinano, thou soul-grabber,

Dead is the king of this island;

Moloka’i shall offer a boar;

Lana’i’s a half-baked dog;

Kanaloa fends off the A-a;

Molokini buffets the waves.

The ship of state turns turtle:

What wailing and beating of breast!