O Kui-kui,[19] o Koli-koli,[20]

O Kaha-ula,[21] o ka oaka kapa ulaula,

Kapa eleele, o Kapa-ahu, o Lono-makua,[22]

O ke oahi maka a ka Ua la, e-e!

I e, holo e-e!

TRANSLATION

Ho, comrades from the sacred plateau!

Ho, comrades from the burning gulf!

Hither fly with art and cunning:

Ku, who fells and guides the war-boat;