| He ho'oheno ke ike aku | |
| Ke kai moana nui la | |
| Me ke ‘ala o ka lipoa | |
| He lipoa i pae i ke one | |
| Ke one hinuhinu la | |
| Wela i ka la ke hehi a‘e | |
| Mai mana‘o he pono keia! | |
| Ho‘okohukohu e ka limu kohu | |
| Ke kau i luna o na moku la | |
| ‘O ia maku ‘ula la e ho | |
| ‘Oni ana i ‘oi anei | |
| TRANSLATION | |
| The Plants of the Sea | |
| Such a delight it is to see | |
| The great big ocean, | |
| So familiar and very cherished | |
| With its fragrance of the lipoa | |
| It is lipoa which washes 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 in the ocean, | |
| Enticing one to pick them | |
| As they sway to and fro |
| He ho' oheno ke ike aku | |
| Ke kai moana nui la | |
| Me ke ' ala o ka lipoa | |
| He lipoa i pae i ke one | |
| Ke one hinuhinu la | |
| Wela i ka la ke hehi a' e | |
| Mai mana' o he pono keia! | |
| Ho' okohukohu e ka limu kohu | |
| Ke kau i luna o na moku la | |
| ' O ia maku ' ula la e ho | |
| ' Oni ana i ' oi anei | |
| TRANSLATION | |
| The Plants of the Sea | |
| Such a delight it is to see | |
| The great big ocean, | |
| So familiar and very cherished | |
| With its fragrance of the lipoa | |
| It is lipoa which washes 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 in the ocean, | |
| Enticing one to pick them | |
| As they sway to and fro |
| He ho' oheno ke ike aku | |
| Ke kai moana nui la | |
| Me ke ' ala o ka lipoa | |
| He lipoa i pae i ke one | |
| Ke one hinuhinu la | |
| Wela i ka la ke hehi a' e | |
| Mai mana' o he pono keia! | |
| Ho' okohukohu e ka limu kohu | |
| Ke kau i luna o na moku la | |
| ' O ia maku ' ula la e ho | |
| ' Oni ana i ' oi anei | |
| TRANSLATION | |
| The Plants of the Sea | |
| Such a delight it is to see | |
| The great big ocean, | |
| So familiar and very cherished | |
| With its fragrance of the lipoa | |
| It is lipoa which washes 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 in the ocean, | |
| Enticing one to pick them | |
| As they sway to and fro |