Mai ke kila o Pa-ha’a-lele la, e.

Ha’alele ke ea o Ole-pau;

Ua pokaka’a ka uhane,

Ua kaalo ia Milu.

TRANSLATION

O Kau-akahi-ma-hiku-lani,

You cast away the wilted fruit,

And with it the fortunes of many:

’Twas an act of unlove, that of yours—

To hurl this prayer-shaft at Ole-pau: