O Puna, lehua ula i ka papa;

I ula i ka papa ka lehua o Puna:

Ke kui ia mai la e na wahine o ka Lua:

Mai ka Lua a’u i hele mai nei, mai Kilauea.

Aloha Kilauea, ka aina a ke aloha.

TRANSLATION

Nectar for gods, honeyed lehua;

Food for the birds, bloom of lehua;

Pang of love, the yellow-barked awa,

Quaffed by the dryads in Puna’s wilds;