Kiei, halo i Maka-ike-ole.

Kamau ke ea i ka halau [243] a ola;

He kula lima ia no Wawae-noho, [244]

Me he puko’a hakahaka la i Waahila

Ka momoku a ka unu-lehua o Lehua.

A lehulehu ka hale pono ka noho ana,

Loaa kou haawina—o ke aloha,

Ke hauna [245] mai nei ka puka o ka hale.

Ea!

Footnote 237:[ (return) ] Lehua makanoe. The lehua trees that grow on the top of Wai-aleale, the mountain mass of Kauai, are of peculiar form, low, stunted, and so furzy as to be almost thorny, kuku, as mentioned in the next line.