As it comes gliding over the ocean,
As it covers the waves of Papa-wai,
For it was the canoe that brought us here.
Alas, O my love!
My love of the home where we were friendless,
Our only friend being our love for one another.
It is hooked, and it bites to the very inside of the bones.”
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Kama was going to put out her hand to touch him, but, hearing him chant this, she thought that he was in such sorrow that he would never forgive her. She wept and she went away, leaving the place without speaking to him.
After that Ha-le-ma-no went on his way; he learned the art of singing and of chanting verses. Afterwards, when he was very famous, it happened that he was invited to a place where there were games and singing.