Na hale ohai i Kekaha, o Wa’a-kiu;—
E kiu, e kiu ia auane’i kou ahiahi;
E maka’i ia olua auane’i.
He akua Mo’o-lau, o Mo’o-lau akua, e!
TRANSLATION
In the jungle of Mo’o-lau,
The uhi-uhi’s season of bloom;
The flower of the rootless kau-no’a
Is wilted and bent in the sun;
My bower in Kekaha’s invaded: