One says, you and I are a-cold.

The buds of the center are chilled

Of the woman who shivers on shore.

I stood on the height Poli-ahu;

The ocean enrobed Wai-lua.

Ah, strange are the pranks of the wind,

The Kiu-ké’e wind of the pali!

It smites now the ocean at Puna—

That’s always the fashion at Puna.

Gone, gone is the last of my love,