A lilo oe, la!
Footnote 467:[ (return) ] Ka-lalau (in the translation by the omission of the article ka, shortened to Lalau). A deep cliff-bound valley on the windward side of Kauai, accessible only at certain times of the year by boats and by a steep mountain trail at its head.
Footnote 468:[ (return) ] Pali ku’i. Ku’i means literally to join together, to splice or piece out. The cliffs tower one above another like the steps of a stairway.
Footnote 469:[ (return) ] Haka. A ladder or frame such as was laid across a chasm or set up at an impassable place in a precipitous road. The windward side of Kauai about Kalalau abounded in such places.
Footnote 470:[ (return) ] Lae-o-ka-laau. The southwest point of Molokai, on which is a light-house.
Footnote 471:[ (return) ] Makua-ole. Literally fatherless, perhaps meaning remarkable, without peer.
[Translation.]
Song
Comrade mine in the robe-stripping gusts of Lalau,