He hoʻoheno kē ʻike aku
Ke kai moana nui lā
Nui ke aloha e hiʻipoi nei
Me ke ʻala o ka līpoa
He līpoa i pae i ke one
Ke one hinuhinu lā
Wela i ka lā kē hehi aʻe
Mai manaʻo
he pono kēia
Hoʻokohukohu e ka limu kohu
Ke kau i luna ō nā moku la
ʻO ia moku ʻula la e hō
ʻOni ana i ʻōi ʻaneʻi
Haʻina mai
ka puana
Ka līpoa me ka limu kohu
Hoapili ʻoe me ka pāhe'e
ʻAnoni me ka līpalu
Edith
Kanakaole
The great big ocean
So familiar and very cherished
With its fragrance of the lîpoa
It is lîpoa 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
How enticing is the display of limu kohu
Atop the rocks
Enticing one to pick them
As they sway to and fro
Let the story be told
Of the lîpoa and the limu kohu
Close companions of the pâhe`e
Intermingled with the lîpalu
Source: McKee Collection, Translated by Edith Kanakaole