Which one may seize and gird with a strong hand.
Leaf of ti for his malo, Umi [121] stood covered.
Look at the oloná fibers inwrought,
Like the trickling brooklets of Wai-hilau.
The oloná, fibers knit with strength
This dainty immaculate web, the pa-ú,
And the filmy weft of the kilo-hana.
With the small bamboo the tapa is finished.
A fire seems to bud on the pali,
When the tapa is spread out to dry,