Kae’e lehua o Pu’u-lena, la, mauka:
Mauka oe e hele ai,
Ma ka ulu o ka makani;
O moe’a oe e ka á Pu’u-lena la—
Make, make loa o oe!
TRANSLATION
My love to thee, mate of the sifting rain,
Such time as we strung the lehua,
In the snatches of noonday rest,
On the days when we dreamed of reunion;