English poem
Pauku 4
by Nathaniel Bright Emerson (1839–1915)
(Ai-ha’a)
Kua loloa Kea-au i ka nahele; Hala kua hulu-hulu Pana-ewa i ka laau; Inoino ka maha o ka ohia o La’a. Ua ku kepakepa ka maha o ka lehua; Ua po-po’o-hina i ka wela a ke Akua. Ua u-ahi Puna i ka oloka’a pohaku, I ka huna pa’a ia e ka wahine. Nanahu ahi ka papa o Olu-ea; Momoku ahi Puna hala i Apua; Ulu-á ka nahele me ka laau. Oloka’a kekahi ko’i e Papa-lau-ahi; I eli ’a kahi ko’i e Ku-lili-kaua. Kai-ahea a hala i Ka-li’u; A eu e, e ka La, ka malama-lama. O-na-naka ka piko o Hilo ua me ke one, I huli i uka la, i hulihia i kai; Ua wa-wahi ’a, ua na-ha-há, Ua he-hele-lei!
[Translation.]