ʻO Ariel, he wahine ʻōpio a nani hoʻi he ʻumikūmāono makahiki, ke kamāliʻiwahine o ke aupuni ʻo Atlantica, ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu i kona ola i lalo o ka wai a ua hoihoi ʻia e ka honua kanaka.

Me kāna hoaaloha iʻa maikaʻi loa, ʻohi ʻo ia i nā mea mai kēia ao a hele pinepine i ka ʻili e kipa aku i kahi manu.

Hoʻowahāwahā ʻo ia i nā ʻōlelo aʻo a kona makuakāne, ʻo King Triton, ke aliʻi o Atlantica, a me Sebastian, he pāpaʻi ʻo ia hoʻi ke kākāʻōlelo a me ke alakaʻi o ke aliʻi, nāna i haʻi iā ia ua pāpā ʻia ka launa ʻana ma waena o nā kānaka a me nā kānaka o ke kai.