Where we shall ere long climb together,
With you, my friend, with you,
Companion of the pitchy night,
When heavenward turns my face—
Thou art, indeed, my man.
A moment’s pause and she resumed:
E ku’u kane, e-e,
He leo e wale ho’i kou,
He leo no ka hanehane,[5]
No ka pololei[6] kani kau mauna o uka la;