Kohala i ka laʻi o ka Malanai
O neia ʻāina one hanau o Kamehameha
ʻAkahi hoʻi au e ʻike i Kanameʻe
Me ke kiʻekiʻe kaulana o Paliakamoa

Nani Halaʻula a naʻu i aloha
Hiʻihiʻi ʻia ka ʻili e na puʻu
ʻO ka ʻInuwai heleleʻi ma ka mauʻu pili haʻa
A he makani maikaʻi no ka uka

He lei mamo i lei i ka poli
A he lei mamo luaʻole
Lei no Kohala e
Kohala i ka nuku nā kanaka

Kohala, in the calm of the Malanai wind
This land is the birth place of Kamehameha
For the first time I have seen Kanameʻe
With the famous heights of Paliakamoa

Beautiful Halaʻula that I love
The land caressed by the hills
The ʻInuwai rains falling on the bending mauʻu pili grasses
A fine wind from the uplands

A mamo wreath worn upon the bosom
An incomparable mamo wreath
A wreath from Kohala
Kohala is filled to the brim with inhabitants