Mai ka piʻina a ka lā i Haʻehaʻe
From the rising of the sun at Haʻehaʻe
A i ka mole ʻolu o Lehua
To its setting beyond Lehua island
Eia au ko kama ē
Here I am, your child
He mamo aloha na Hāloa
A beloved descendant of Hāloa
ʻO Hawaiʻi, kuʻu kulāiwi
Hawaiʻi is my homeland
Mai nā, kūpuna mai
From ancestral times
ʻAʻohe mea, nāna e kūʻai
No on can purchase
I ke ewe o kuʻu mau iwi
My birthright, my very being
E ola au, i kuʻu lāhui
I live for and because of my people
Ke kuleana, o ka ʻōiwi
A native right and privilege
ʻO ka ʻī, ma kāna ʻōlelo
Paramount in one’s declaration
He Hawaiʻi au mau a mau
“I am Hawaiian, forever and ever”