Versos English Nathaniel Bright Emerson Pauku 2

English poem

Pauku 2

by (1839–1915)

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Kau ka ha-é-a, kau o ka hana wa ele, Ke ala-ula ka makani, Kulu a e ka ua i kou wahi moe. Palepale i na auwai o lalo; 5 Eli mawaho o ka hale o Koolau, e. E lau Koolau, he aina ko’e-ko’e; Maka’u i ke anu ka uka o ka Lahuloa. Loa ia mea, na’u i waiho aku ai.

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