ʻAʻoe hoʻolale a koe aku, ʻĀ!

Hālanalana Kahaluʻu lā ʻahahana
I ta ua nāulu a Kahualoa lā

ʻAʻoe hoʻolale a koe aku, ʻĒ!

Halalē teletele Heʻeia ʻehehene
I ta līpāheʻeheʻe me ka ʻeleʻele

ʻAʻoe hoʻolale a koe aku, ʻĪ!

Ikiiki Puʻu Niki i milia i ka nihi
Ua tilitilihune huʻi koni i ka ʻili

ʻAʻoe hoʻolale a koe aku, ʻŌ!

Pohō hoʻokonokono ʻo Kalokomanu
Hoʻokahi nō ʻōʻō ʻōtomotomo

ʻAʻoe hoʻolale a koe aku, ʻŪ!

ʻŪ Kahaluʻu i ta ua nāulu
Kulukulu wai mūkīkī a ka manu

ʻAʻoe hoʻolale a koe aku, ʻĀ, ʻĒ, ʻĪ, ʻŌ, ʻŪ!
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English Translation:
There is no urge stronger, ʻĀ!

Kahaluʻu is overflowing
By the sudden downpour of Kahualoa

There is no urge stronger, ʻĒ!

Heʻeia slurps the rich and greasy
Limu līpāheʻeheʻe and limu ʻeleʻele

There is no urge stronger, ʻĪ!

Puʻu Niki is humid with the gentle rain
Stinging the skin

There is no urge stronger, ʻŌ!

Kalokomanu is an enticing bog
For the insertion of only one ʻōʻō

There is no urge stronger, ʻŪ!

Kahaluʻu groans in sudden downpour
The trickle of water for the bird to sip

There is no urge stronger, ʻĀ, ʻĒ, ʻĪ, ʻŌ, ʻŪ!