Aia no i ka poli
Kapu ihi o Ewa
Ke awa lau o Puʻuloa
Me ka iʻa hamau leo

Ua nani no na Koʻolau
Ike koʻa o Heʻeia
Ka laʻi olu o Kahana
Kai holu a o Laniloa

Kaulana o Honolulu
I ka ua Kukalahale
Ke ka ona hanohano
O na moku o Hawaiʻi

Haʻina mai ka puana
No ka nani o Oʻahu
E lei ohuohu nei
I ka pua a o ka ilima

Beautiful are you Oʻahu
Greatest of islands
You are now bedecked
With the blossom of the ʻilima

There in the bosom
Sacred (bosom) of Ewa
Rests Pearl Harbor
And the fish that silences the voice

Beautiful are the Koʻolau districts
With the reefs at Heʻeia
The peaceful calm of Kahana
The swaying surf of Laniloa

Famed is Honolulu
In the Kukalahale rain
A town that is honored
In the islands of Hawaiʻi

Thus ends my song
Of the beauty of Oʻahu
Who is bedecked
With the blossom of the ilima