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;