(Translation.)
Together—all together!
Bow-paddles there, dip together;
'Midships there, keep time!
Stern-paddles, all together.
Now we're going along!
See you brightly shining star
Tioriori, flashing in the morning sky,
My eyes are dim with the heat of paddling.
Plunge in your paddles;
Dig away, dig away!

I weary with sitting at my paddle.
How our eyeballs wildly glare!
Steersman, straight for the Ohan River mouth
There before me lies my food—
You, my foe, food for my battle axe!
Paddle away!

All together, all together!
Quickly plunge your paddle blades.
How bravely fly the feathers
That deck our war canoe!
Paddle away
And away!