Kula 'ula 'ula poni 'Alani melemele polu 'Akala 'oma 'oma 'o Come to the festival of colours Celebrate the festival of colours Come to the festival of colours Celebrate the festival of colours Shake your serpent thrashing hair Come and tint the sleeping air Shake your serpent thrashing hair Come and tint the sleeping air Across the seas from India
But a rainbow can start anywhere Clutching handfuls of the powder Throw it everywhere Chanting out their many names Kick it to the wind Kula 'ula 'ula poni 'Alani melemele polu 'Akala 'oma 'oma 'o Come to the festival of colours Celebrate the festival of colours Come to the festival of colours Celebrate the festival of colours