Malamalama kai o Kuki’i la.
Ku ki’i a ka po i Ha’eha’e,
Ka ulu ohi’a i Nana-wale.
A nana aku nei, he mea aha ia?
A nana aku nei, he mea lilo ia.
TRANSLATION
The fire-split rocks bombard the sun;
The fires roll on to the Puna sea;
There’s brightness like day at Kuki’i;
Ghosts of night at the eastern gate,