He ahi ke kapa e mehana ai,

E lála[3] ai kaua i Oma’o-lala.[4]

I pili wale, i ha’alele la, e.

Ha’alele i Puna na hoaloha, e,

Ka aina i ka houpu a Kane[5]

He aikane ka mea aloha, e

He-e!

TRANSLATION

You’ve encased him tight in a lava shell,