Joy To The World (Pō Maikaʻi Wale)
Lyrics by Isaac Watts (1674-1748 Music by George Handel
(1685-1759)

 

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 us our songs employ
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat the sounding joy
Repeat, repeat the sounding joy

No more let sins and sorrows grow
Nor thorns infest the ground
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found
Far as the curse is found
Far as, far as the curse is found

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

 
 

Pō maikaʻi wale ko ke ao
Ua hiki mai ke Aliʻi
E moe e na ʻāina apau
E malu nui mai
E malu nui mai
E malu, malu nui mai

Hauoli o Iesu ke Aliʻi
Mahalo kanaka
Hoʻokani aʻe na mea apau
E pau hoʻi na kina
E pau hoʻi na kina
E pau, e pau hoʻi na kina

Mai ulu wale hou maʻaneʻi
Na ino no ka pō
Na Iesu i haʻawi mai
Ka maikaʻi wale nō
Ka maikaʻi wale nō
Ka maikaʻi, maikaʻi wale nō

A nānā e hoʻomalu mau
Ke aupuni pō maikaʻi
A ʻike pu na ʻāina apau
Iā pono e olaʻi
Iā pono e olaʻi
Iā pono, pono e olaʻi



Source: Kamehmeha Schools IHS - This poem, written in 1715 was set to musical selections from the "Messiah". Hawaiian lyrics by Hiram Bingham