Joy To The World (Pô Maika`i Wale) - lyrics by Isaac Watts music by George Handel

 
Pô maika`i wale ko ke ao
Ua hiki mai ke Ali`i
E moe e na `âina a pau
E malu nui mai
E malu nui mai
E malu, malu nui mai

Hau`oli `o Iesu ke Ali`i
Mahalo kanaka
Ho`okani a`e na mea a pau
E pau ho`i na kina
E pau ho`i na kina
E pau, e pau ho`i na kina

A nânâ e ho`omalu mau
Ke aupuni pô maika`i
A `ike pu na `âina a pau
Iâ pono e ola`ai
Iâ pono e ola`ai
Iâ pono, pono e ola`i
Joy to the world
The Lord is come
Let earth receive her King, let every heart prepare Him room
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and nature sing
And heaven and heaven and nature sing
 
Joy to the world the Savior reigns
Let men their songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

He rules the world with truth and grace
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness
And wonders of His love
And wonders of His love
And wonders, wonder of His love

 

Hawaiian lyrics by Hiram Bingham - This poem, written in 1715 was set to musical selections from the "Messiah"