Vaunts on the hills as the sun-bow,

Looks on the crystal stream Makaweli,

And in the wildwood makes her abode

With Hinahina of silvern wreaths.

Koaea’s a speck to the eye,

Under the low-hanging rain-cloud,

Woodland home of the plaintive ó-ó.

From frost-bitten Pa-ie-ie

I bid you, guess me the fable:

Paddle-maker on Pele’s mount.