He ahi ke kapa o kaua e mehana ai,
E lala ai kaua i Oma’o-lala;
I pili wale, i ha’alele la, e.
Ha’alele i Wailua na hoa aloha—
O Puna, aina aloha,
O Puna, i Kaua’i.
TRANSLATION
Thou bundle of scars from a fiery day,
’Twas at Puna our journey began,
With a dash of rain in the summer;