1st

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No luna ka hale kai no e kama`alewa

Nana na maka ia Moananuikalehua

A noi au i ke kai la e malie

Ku a`e ana he lehua i ilaila

i laila hoi

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e ala e ala e ai (break)

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2nd

Hopoe lehua a ki`eki`e

E maka`u ke kanaka i ka lehua

Lilo i lalo e hele ai, a i lalo

i laila hoi

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e ala e ala e ai

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3rd

`O Kea`au `ili`ili nehe i ke kai

Ho`olono ke kai

no Puna i ka ulu hala

e a la

Kai ko`o Puna

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e ala e ala e ai (break)

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(the rest of the song is not sung by Keali'i)

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Puna a kai ko`o ia

Nene`e mai ana kaua

E ke hoa

 

Ia pili ke waiho `e maila `oe

Eia ka mea `ino la he anu

  

`A`ohe anu

Mehe mea la olua i waho la

E ke hoa

 

Mehe wai i la ko kaua `ili

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Source: "Na Mele Welo" translated by Mary Pûku`i - The goddess Moananuikalehua was Pele's best friend. They came from Tahiti to Hawai`i, together. Moananuikalehua lived in the channel between Kaua`i and Oahu. In the water she was a red goatfish. On land she could assume the form of a lehua tree laden with blossoms. This is the reason the lehua was kapu for the gods and men left them alone.