Keu a ka `ono ma ke alopiko lâ
Kahi momona piko ka nenue lâ
Lihaliha
wale ke momoni aku lâ
`O ka `ô`io halalê ke kai lâ
`O ka `ôpelu
e pepenu ana lâ
He `ono to mito ho`i tau i
Tou pu`u te momoni aku
Hui:
He `ono a he `ono a he `ono
`I`o nô a he`ono nô
Mai pi`ikoi `oe i ke akule lâ
A he i`a `âha`i
i ka hohonu lâ
Ho`i iho `oe i kahi `anae lâ
Me ka manini pûlehu `ia lâ
`O ke kole ê ka i`a maka onaona lâ
He `ono to mito ho`i tau i
Tou pu`u te momoni aku
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| Oh, how delicious is the
belly
The fattest part of the pilot
fish
So rich when swallowed
The bone fish with thick
gravy
The mackerel, dunked in
sauce
Delicious tasting
A delight to the throat to
swallow
Chorus:
Delicious, delicious, delicious
Indeed, how delicious
Don't choose
only the scad fish
The fish of the depths
Pay some attention to the
mullet
And the reef surgeonfish cooked
on the coals
And the surgeonfish with the
bright sweet eyes
Delicious tasting
A delight to the throat to
swallow
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