Iki’ki i ka uwahi lehua;

Paku’i ka uwahi Kanáka.

Pua’i hanu, eä ole i ke po’i a ke ahi.

E Hiiaka e, i wai maka e uwé mai!

TRANSLATION

The stars are on fire, and the moon;

Cold winter is turned to hot summer;

The island is girdled with storm;

The land is scoured and swept barren;

The heavens sag low—high surf in the Pit—