English poem
Pale I
by Nathaniel Bright Emerson (1839–1915)
Lau lehua punoni ula ke kai o Kona, Ke kai punoni ula i oweo ia; Wewena ula ke kai la, he kokona; Ula ia kini i ka uka o Alaea, I hili ahi ula i ke kapa a ka wahine, I hoeu ia e ka ni’a, e ka hana, E ka auwai lino mai la a kehau. He hau hoomoe ka lau o ka niu, Ke oho o ka laau, lauoho loloa. E lóha ana i ka la i o Kailua la, i-u-a, O ke ku moena ololi a ehu O ku’u aina kai paeaea. Ea, hoea iluna o Mauna Kilohana, Na kaha poohiwi mau no he inoa. Ua noa e, ua pii’a kou wahi kapu, e-e! I a’e ’a mai e ha’i.
[Translation.]
Song