Ke kau nei wau i kēia wikiō e
haʻi nei e hele ana wau i kahi mele
ma hope i kēia pō ʻo ia ka ua pono
a hoʻomākaukau a ʻano maikaʻi ke nānā aku
ʻaʻole wau hopohopo ua like wau
me he mea anuanu lā i loko. ʻo kāna mau
wikiō āpau i kēia mau lā
ʻaʻohe mea e ʻā ana e like me
ka hou ʻana a ʻā kahi i nehinei kahi maikaʻi e
kahi nei ʻoe i kēia lā ma mua o koʻu
puka ʻana a i ʻole ma ka liʻiliʻi ʻike ʻoe e hele
wau makemake wau iā ʻoe ma mua o nā mea āpau aʻu
e makemake ai akā ka ʻalemona. a mākaukau wau
a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā mea āpau
iaʻu ma ka liʻiliʻi akā
inā ʻaʻole wau e nānā e like me kahi mea ma ke kāmela
no laila e hele wau e ʻauʻau a
hoʻomākaukau e hele wau i kahi kūloko iā ʻoe
Ua hele wau ma aneʻi e hoʻokuʻu koʻu makuakāne
iaʻu ma laila e kau wau i kahi wikiō mai laila
e kamaʻilio ana i kahi ʻano wikiō e makemake ai iaʻu
e kau aku no ka mea hana i
kāhea iaʻu no lākou e ʻike
ai ʻaʻole lākou he ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke wikiō i kēia mea
aʻu e kau ai ma ka home makemake wau e hoʻāʻo
maoli inā ʻaʻole wau i ʻike inā ʻano nui koʻu
leo akāka i kēia mau wikiō ma
dunya āpau no laila ʻo ka mea e hoʻāʻo e noho mālie ʻaʻole
wau i ʻike inā ʻano
ulu wale paha ʻo ia e haku ana i kahi mea
liʻiliʻi wale nō a kau aku i ka mea hoʻokele a
komo wau i kahi mea ʻoi aku ka nui i ka nui.