Ke puhi ia la e ka makani.

Hako’i ka ua, ka wai iluna:

Ke kina’i ia ho’i ka iwi o ka wai a éha.

E há i ka leo—he leo wale no.

TRANSLATION

The lily tufts of Ihu-koko

Are gnawed away by the water

And thrashed about by the wind.

Beat down by the rain from heaven,

The wave-ribs are flattened out.