Me he nanai hale la Ka-ula i ke kai;
Ke amo a’e la i ka lima o Kaunu-lau, e-e;
Ke hoa la i ke kua o Lei-no-ai—
He ai aloha na olua, e-e!
TRANSLATION
His airy phantoms queer the eye
At Wawae-nohu, and yon islet
Ka-ula, like a lanai, looms at sea;
While lifts the hand of Kauna-la’a
To smite the back of Lei-no-ai: