The goddess of water
and the goddess of fire
Were sisters who clashed
about their object of desire
Nāmaka fought with water
Pele fought with fire
and the heat of their tempers
Grew higher and higher
Pele-Nāmaka, Nāmaka-Pele
Their love for the same guy
Led the girls astray
Pele-Nāmaka, Nāmaka-Pele
Sisters shouldn't treat each other
that way
Now water quenches fire
As everybody knows
Sorry lovely Pele
But that is how it goes
So Pele took a long trip
Way across the sea
and landed in Tahiti
Where she could safely be
Nāmaka followed fiercely
But slower cause she's water
and luckily for Pele
Fire's also hotter
Pele-Nāmaka, Nāmaka-Pele
Pele-Nāmaka, Nāmaka-Pele
Living in Tahiti
with powers now renewed
Pele and Nāmaka
put and end to their feud
Pele with her fire
caused a big eruption
and a magnificent volcano
emerged from the disruption
There in that volcano
Pele made her home
and still she can found
within the lava dome
But I end with this advice
Don't do anything bad
cause Pele will erupt again
if someone gets her mad
Oh, Pele-Nāmaka, Nāmaka-Pele
Their love for the same guy
Led the girls astray
Pele-Nāmaka, Nāmaka-Pele
The two now live together
at least for today
so respect our Pele
and you won't be sorry
and now that is all
it's the end of the story