Kai eleele, kai melemele,
Kai popolo-hua mea a Kane;
I ka wa i po’i ai ke Kai-a-ka-hina-lii—
Kai mu, kai lewa. Ho’opua ke ao ia Lohiau;
O Lohiau—i lono oukou.
Ola e; ola la; ua ola Lohiau, e!
O Lohiau, ho’i, e!
TRANSLATION
I lived, but ’twas only my soul;