English poem
Pale I
by Nathaniel Bright Emerson (1839–1915)
O Pele la ko’u akua: Miha ka lani, miha ka honua. Awa iku, awa lani; Kai awaawa, ka awa nui a Hiiaka, I kua i Mauli-ola; He awa kapu no na wahine. E kapu!
Ka’i kapu kou awa, e Pele a Honua-mea; E kala, e Haumea wahine, O ka wahine i Kilauea, Nana i eli a hohonu ka lua O Mau-wahine, o Kupu-ena, O na wahine i ka inu-hana awa. E ola na ’kua malihini!