Ku au, hele, noho oe.

E noho ana na lehua lulu’u,

Ku’u moku lehua i uka o Ka-li’u, e.

Li’uli’u wale ka hele ana

O ka huaka’i moe ipo.

Aloha mai ka ipo—

O Lohiau ipo, i Haena.

TRANSLATION

Firm plant the pillar, seal of our love-pact;