Au-we! pau au i ka manó nui, manó nui!
Au-we! pau au i ka manó nui, manó nui!
[Translation.]
Song
1
Touched, thou art touched by my gesture, I fear, I fear.
I dread your mountain of flesh, of flesh;
How it sways, how it sways, it sways!
I’m scorched by the heat of this hearth, this hearth.
We bask in this summer of Kona, of Kona;