Wanawana ka niho o ka lā ‘ūmalu o Māui, 
lu’u ka ‘ō‘ō a ka wahine ‘ai honua iā Keonehe’ehe’e.
Pūliki ke ahi o Māui I ka lewa nu’u,
‘a‘ole pūko’a a‘ela ka uahi o Pele i ka pali Kamohoali’i.
Huaka‘i ihola ‘o Pelehonuamea i ke kai Ko’olau,
mā‘e‘ele ‘o Pele i ke kai kapu o Kamohoali‘i.

The sun’s teeth become needles in the shadows of Māui, 
and Pele’s ‘ō‘ō pierces Keonehe’ehe’e.
Māui embraces the sky with his fire,
the Goddess refusing to disturb the cliffs of Kamohoali‘i.
Pele, who gives birth to the reddish earth, flows like the ocean to Ko‘olau,
but she is benumbed by Kamohoali‘i’s sacred seas.