Then basked we at Oma’o-lala,
Haunting the place, then tearing away.
E’en so you tore away from your friends,
Those friends of Wailua, of Puna—
That dear land of Puna, Kaua’i!
(Here is another version of the eloquent prayer of Paoa; furnished by Poepoe, who obtained it from Rev. Pa’aluhi):
O mau a’alina oe,
O mau kakala ke ahi.
Ma Puna ka hiki’na mai
A ka ua makali’i,