What Child Is This? - lyrics by William C. Dix

 
Na wai nei Keiki e maha nei
Ma ka poli o ka Makua
E mele `ole na anela
Kia`i na kahuhipa
 
 
`O nei `o Kristo ke Keiki Ali`i
Mele hau`oli na anela
Mai mai e mililani
I ke Keiki Kane o Mele
What child is this, who laid to rest
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet wiht anthems sweet
While shepherds watch are keeping?
 
 
This, this is Christ the King
Whom shepherds guard and angels sing
Haste, haste to bring him laud
The Babe, the Song of Mary

 

Hawaiian lyrics by Vicki II Rodrigues - This Christmas poem was set to the English folk tune "Greensleeves".