The boat-baffling cape, Papa-wai,
And the boisterous A-nahe-nahe.
Awake thee!
Awake, day is come and the light;
The sun-rays stab the skin of the deep;
It pursues, as did god Kumu-kahi
To companion with god Maka-noni;
The plain of Apua quivers with heat.
Awake thee!
Awake, ’tis day, ’tis light;