Keu a ka ʻono ma ke alopiko lā
Kahi momona piko ka nenue lā
Lihaliha
wale ke momoni aku lā
ʻO ka ʻōʻio halalē ke kai lā
ʻO ka ʻōpelu
e pepenu ana lā
He ʻono to mito hoʻi tau i
Tou puʻu te momoni aku
Hui:
He ʻono a he ʻono a he ʻono
ʻIʻo nō a he ʻono nō
Mai piʻikoi ʻoe i ke akule lā
A he iʻa ʻāhaʻi
i ka hohonu lā
Hoʻi iho ʻoe i kahi ʻanae lā
Me ka manini pūlehu ʻia lā
ʻO ke kole ē ka i`a maka onaona lā
He ʻono to mito hoʻi tau i
Tou puʻu te momoni aku
| Oh, how delicious is the
belly
The fattest part of the pilot
fish
So rich when swallowed
The bone fish with thick
gravy
The mackerel, dunked in
sauce
Delicious tasting
A delight to the throat to
swallow
Chorus:
Delicious, delicious, delicious
Indeed, how delicious
Don't choose
only the scad fish
The fish of the depths
Pay some attention to the
mullet
And the reef surgeonfish cooked
on the coals
And the surgeonfish with the
bright sweet eyes
Delicious tasting
A delight to the throat to
swallow
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