Na hale Lehua[13] a ke kai, e-e!
TRANSLATION
Kua-mú pays toll to the forests—
Cloud-columns that veer and sway,
Freighted with rain for Hilo,
The Hilo of Hana-kahi.
The channels are full to the brim—
A tide that will flood ocean’s caverns,
The home of the mermaid Lehua.
After a moment’s pause she resumed, though in quite a different strain: