Huki a’e la, pa i ka lani;
Waha[4] keiki ma ke kua;
Hi’i Ke-olewa[5] ma ke alo;
Au ana Ni’ihau i ke kai.
Pau a’u lehua i ka manu, e,
Pau, e, o a’u lehua, ho’i, e!
TRANSLATION
Famed Haupu, the mighty hill,
Lifts head till she touches heaven;
On her back strapped a suckling child,