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Nana i ka opua ruakai e. ruakai la ! 

 10 Maikai ka hana a Mali'o e, a Mali'o la ! 

 Kohu pono ka iuu ana i ka wai, a wai e! 

 Auwe, ku oe ko'u walii olielo nei la, ohelo nei la ! 



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Ki-6 lele, ki-6 lele, ki-6 lele, e ! 



Ke niapu mai nei ke ala, ke ala e ! 

 15 TTa niiililiini ka hale, ua hlki la, ua hiki e! 



Ho'i paoa i ka uka o Manai-ula, nla la, iila e ! 



Maanei oe, e ka makemake e noho malie, ma-li-e ! 



Ka pa kolonahe o ka Unulau mahope, ma-ho-pe ! 



Pe'e oe, a pe'e au, pe'e o la la, 

 20 A haawe ke aloha i ke kaona, i ke kaona la ! 



Mo-li-a i ka uahele e, nahele la ! 



E hele oe a manao mai i ka luhi mua, a i-mua ! 



moe hewa na iwi i ke alanui, ala-nui. 

 Kaapa Hawaii a ka nioku nni, a nui e ! 



25 Nui mai ke aloha a uwe au, a uwe au. 



Au-we ! pan au i ka mano nui, man nui! 

 Au-we ! pau au i ka mauo nui, mano nui ! 



[Translation] 



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Touched, thou art touched by my gesture, I fear, I fear. 



1 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. 

 5 We bask in this summer of Kona, of Kona ; . 



Calm mantles the whispering sea, the whispering sea. 

 Lo, the hook of the fisherman great, oh so great ! 

 The line hums as it runs from the gourd, from the gourd. 

 Regard the cloud-omens over the sea, the sea. 

 10 Well skilled in his craft is Mali'o, Mali'o. 



How grateful now were a draught of water, of water! 

 Pardon ! thou art touched by thrust of my leg, of my leg ! 



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 Forth and return, forth and return, forth and return ! 

 Now waft the woodland perfumes, the woodland perfumes. 



15 The house ere we entered was tenant-free, quite free. 

 Heart-heavy we turn to the greenwood, the greenwood : 

 This the place. Heart's desire, you should tarry, should tarry, 

 And feel the soft breath of the Unulau, Unulau — 

 Retirement for you, retirement for me, and for him. 



20 We'll give then our heart to this task, this great task, 

 And build in the wildwood a shrine, ay a shrine. 

 You go; forget not the toils we have shared, have shared, 

 Lest your bones lie unblest in the road, in the road. 

 How wearisome, long, the road 'bout Hawaii, great Hawaii I 



25 Love carries me off with a rush, and I cry, I cry, 

 Alas, I'm devoured by the shark, great shark ! 



This is not the first time that a Hawaiian poet has figured love by 

 the monster shark. 



