The mighty water of Hono-li’i,

The precipice walls of Kama-e’e,

And the pali of Ko’olau:

Such a land is Hilo-pali-ku.

The banks of Wailuku are walls;

The road to its crossing but sand;

Sandy the way at Wai-o-lama.

How cheery the purl of these waters!—

Great Pana-ewa—her parks of lehua,

Scraggy in growth yet scarlet a-top,