Na ka ‘alihilani e ‘ume mau mai
By the horizon, I’m always enticed!
‘Ike ‘ole nō i ia analipo.
No one knows, what's beyond the horizon!
Ōkā nui ‘a’ā nalu aia ka pono aia i hope
Overcome by great emotion, staring and pondering what I need is behind me!
Ua o ho’okahi ‘ike auwaea!
I’m alone, to see the distance!
Huli aku au, huli mai nei nō,
I turn away and turn again,
Kā ‘ō pō ho’i ā, e’e ‘ole ai,
Out there in the dark of night I embark
Na kala ā ho’i, aku meha ia
and won’t return! to take off soon in loneliness and solitude
Ho’o ake mau!
Where I ever long to be!
Ke alana kē e ai āna nei, hea mai!
Rising here and there, she calls me!
A ‘ike au, ‘ō ‘ike noa!
I know I am free to see out yonder!
Ē mahina kou lona e makani kō mālō,
Moon, your breeze keeps my sail straight and direct!
E ‘ike nou, i ka loa nō!!!
For you I’ll see, the distance I’ll go!