- He ho`oheno ke `ike aku
- Ke kai moana nui lä
- Nui ke aloha e hi`ipoi nei
- Me ke `ala o ka lïpoa
- Ke kai moana nui lä
- He lïpoa i pae i ke one
- Ke one hinuhinu lä
- Wela i ka lä ke hehi a`e
- Mai mana`o he pono këia
- Ke one hinuhinu lä
- Ho`okohukohu e ka limu kohu
- Ke kau i luna o nä moku la
- `O ia moku `ula la e ho
- `Oni ana ia `ö i `ane`i
- Ke kau i luna o nä moku la
- Ha'ina mai ka puana
- Ka lïpoa me ka limu kohu
- Hoapili `oe me ka pähe'e
- `Anoni me ka lïpalu
- Ka lïpoa me ka limu kohu
Edith
Kanaka'ole
- Such a delight to see
- The great big ocean
- So familiar and very cherished
- With its fragrance of the lïpoa
- The great big ocean
- It is lïpoa which washed
ashore
- Onto the shiny white sand
- Hot from the heating sun as you step on it
- Don't think that this is fun
- Onto the shiny white sand
- How enticing is the display of
limu kohu
- Atop the rocks
- Enticing one to pick them
- As they sway to and fro
- Atop the rocks
- Let the story be told
- Of the lïpoa and the limu kohu
- Close companions of the pähe'e
- Intermingled with the lïpalu
- Of the lïpoa and the limu kohu
Source: McKee Collection, Translated by Edith Kanaka'ole