Ohi’a kupu hao’eo’e i ka ua,
Lehua ula i ka wi’ ia e ka manu.
A ua po, e, po Puna, po Hilo
I ka uahi o ku’u aina.
By Pana-ewa.—
“Ola ia kini! ke a mai la ke ahi, e-e!”
TRANSLATION
One’s strength is exhausted, climbing, climbing
The countless valleys and ridges of Hilo,—
The streams without number of Ku-la’i-po,