[Translation.]

Song

A search for a sweetheart...

Sport for a Kona day!

Kona, calm sea of the gods.

Two days the wind surges;

Then, magic of cloud!

It veers to the plain,

Drinks up the water of love.

How gleesome the sound

Of rain on the trees,

A balm to love’s wound!

The wand touches, heart-ease!

It touches my bird—

Touch of life from the sun!

Brings health to the million.

Ho, now comes the fun!

A meeting, a union—

The nymph, Koo-lau,

And the hero, Ke-í.