Ua kani mai nā pū i ke aumoe
Hea ana nā ʻuhane, hoʻi mai, hoʻi mai
Me ka ahi lapa kū kou alakaʻi no
Ua hiki mai ʻoukou mai ka lani e

Mai Tahiti mai la ea a Aotearoa
E hoʻomau ana nō i ka hiʻolani
A hui hou aʻela nā iwi tupuna
I ka ʻāina malu mau o Honokahua

ʻAʻole ʻoukou i ʻike i ka mahalo ai
I ka lākou mau hana me na iwi e
Ua hea wale aku ʻike koholā
A paʻi mai la ʻoia ʻike kai kū ʻono

Kū ana kahi pueo, he hōʻailona nō
Ua ʻo ʻili mai la nā tupuna nui
Moani nei ke ala i nā pua nani
I Honokahua ea, ka wehi o Maui

Ke haliʻa wale ana kākou e nā pua
I nēia ʻāina mālia kuʻu one hānau
Ua ʻike hoi au i nā hōʻailona
E hoʻomaha ʻoukou e nā tupuna

At midnight the conches blew as one
Summoning the spirits back
With the flames from the torches as a guide
They came from the heavens above

They came from Tahiti and New Zealand
To continue their eternal rest
And again re-unite with their bones
In this land called Honokahua

They did not know how to thank these men
Who laid their bones to rest
So they called upon the koholā
Who slapped the waters of the bay

In view was an owl, indeed it is a sign
Their presence is here, our great ancestors
Inhaled was their fragrance by the beautiful blossoms
In Honokahua, yes, the adornment of Maui

We will always remember
The place of my birth
Where the sign was given
That our Kupuna is at rest