To preserve and guard the royal line,

The spark of king-fire now glowing:

A child is he of heavenly stock,

Like the darling of Hitu-kolo,

First womb-fruit born to love’s rainbow.

A bath for this child of heaven’s breast,

This mystical royal offspring,

Who ranks with the heavenly peers,

This tender bud of Liliha,

This atom, this parcel, this flame,