Ho’i kao’o i ka wai olohia;
Kinakina’i e eha ka pua o ka hala, la.
Hala ke aloha, hoomanao iaia i akea,
I ka’awale ho’i kau oni’na—
Oni’na mau ho’i, e: eia oe.
TRANSLATION
Thou mount of enchantment. Haupu,
By the dancers greatly beset.—
The whole face of Puna o’errun,
Where clusters the bloom of the hau—