TRANSLATION
O bird that sips with delight
the nectar-bloom of lehua,
Tasting the yellow-barked awa
That climbs in Ka-liu’s uplands;
O bird that brews from this leafage
Puna’s bitter-sweet awa draught;—
Puna’s potentest awa grows
Aloft in the crotch of a tree;—
Most potent this awa of Puna!