Unwritten Literature of Hawaii: The Sacred Songs of the Hula

by Nathaniel Bright Emerson

E walea ana i ke onaona,

Ke one wali o Ohele.

Hele mal nei kou aloha

A lalawe i ko’u nui kino,

Au i hookohu ai,

E kuko i ka manao.

Kuhi no paha oe no Hopoe [²⁵²]

Nei lehua au i ka hana ohi ai.

Footnote 247:[ (return) ] Kawaihoa. The southern point of Niihau, which is to the west of Kauai, the evident standpoint of the poet, and therefore “below” Kauai.

Footnote 248:[ (return) ] Milo-lii. A valley on the northwestern angle of Kauai, a precipitous region, in which travel from one point to another by land is almost impossible.