Owau keia, o ka maka o ke aloha, la,

O ke aloha, ho’i, e!

TRANSLATION

Off the coast of Lalau, off Ke-é,

When nigh the cliffs of Haena,

The loved one beckons, he beckons,

The loved one beckons to me.

I am the one—the eye-scout of love:

Love, indeed, is my errand, aye love!

The ghost-form of Lohiau still continued to show itself as they sailed; and when it signalled a recognition of Hiiaka by beckoning to her, she could but answer it: